On 18^th of May 2017, the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs received a delegation from the Foreign Policy Advisory Group of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which included Ambassador “Wuseke”, member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Group, the former Chinese Special Envoy for Middle East Affairs, the former Chinese Ambassador to Egypt, Ambassador “Zhou Xiaobi.

On the other hand, the members of the Council were: Ambassador / Mounir Zahran, Chairman of the Council, Ambassador Ihab Wahba, Rapporteur of the Standing Committee for Arab Affairs in the Council, Ambassador Ali Al-Hefny, Rapporteur of the Standing Committee for Asian Affairs at the Council, Anis Salem, Board Member, Ambassador Ahmed Rizk, Board Member, Ambassador Mohamed Tawfiq, Member of the Council.

The meeting focused on the following issues in particular: US policy in the Middle East and its impact on developments in the region, in the light of Trump’s visit to a number of countries in the region in early May, combating terrorism, the initiative of the belt and road and areas of cooperation between Egypt and China.