On February 10, 2011, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, who is on an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), held a telephone conversation with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.

Both sides expressed satisfaction with the development of China-Egypt relations in the past year, saying the strategic cooperation between the two countries has great potential and broad development prospects.

Gheit briefed Yang on Egypt's situation, saying his government was taking measures to safeguard social stability and return the country to normality.

Yang said that China pays close attention to the situation in Egypt, adding that Egypt, as an influential country in the Middle East, is vital to the region's stability. Egypt's internal affairs should be resolved by Egyptians themselves and should be free of outside interference, he added. China believes that Egypt has sufficient wisdom and capability to overcome difficulties and realize national stability and development, said Yang.

On the same day, Yang also met respectively with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Yang arrived in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on February 9 for an official visit to the Gulf nation.