On April 23, 2025, Director-General of the Department of External Security Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Wang Lixin and Director-General of the Counter-Terrorism Department at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Walid Elfiky held the third counter-terrorism consultations at the director-general level between the foreign ministries of China and Egypt in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on deepening counter-terrorism exchanges and cooperation, as well as the international and regional counter-terrorism situations.