Egyptian president concludes a visit to China and leaves for Tehran

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi left here on Thursday morning concluding a thee-day state visit to China for Tehran to attend the opening session of the Non-Aligned Movement Summit due to kick off there later today. During his China visit, President Morsi held fruitful talks with Chinese Chinese President Hu Jintao,Vice President Xi Jinping and had meetings with top legislator Wu Bangguo and Premier Wen Jiabao . He also attended an egyptian- chinese economic forum which was also attended y about 280 key figures and representatives of companies from the two sides. President Morsi described Egypt-China ties as "strategic" in the meeting and commended the traditional friendship. He described his talks with Hu as being "of significance for consolidating Egyptian-Chinese strategic relations." Egyptian presidential spokesman Dr. Yasser Ali Said Dr. Morsi's visit mainly focussed on stepping up and increasing volume of mutual investments and further enhance cultural exchange and coordinate joint political positons.