Lietuenant General Mohamed Farid, Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces, travelled on Saturday to China at the head of a senior military delegation for an official visit to attend the fourth round of meetings of the Egyptian-Chinese military cooperation committee.

In an official statement, Egyptian armed forces spokesman Tamer El-Refaie said the Egyptian army’s chief of staff will hold several important talks with a number of military officials in China to bolster the exchange of military experience and strength aspects of bilateral cooperation between both countries’ armed forces.