“The enemy [Ukraine] will begin to crumble. But questions of timing and deadlines are difficult — for now, it is hard to give precise answers. War is a brutal and difficult thing to predict,” Putin said.
— @KyivPost Sep 1, 2026
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Item 1 of 4 Chinese President Xi Jinping is welcomed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi upon his arrival at Cairo International Airport for an official visit to Egypt, which is his first state visit to the country in 10 years, in Cairo, Egypt, September 1, 2026. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/
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Item 1 of 4 Chinese President Xi Jinping is welcomed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi upon his arrival at Cairo International Airport for an official visit to Egypt, which is his first state visit to the country in 10 years, in Cairo, Egypt, September 1, 2026. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Pool
[1/4]Chinese President Xi Jinping is welcomed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi upon his arrival at Cairo International Airport for an official visit to Egypt, which is his first state visit to the country in 10 years, in Cairo, Egypt, September 1, 2026. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Pool Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
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- Visit is Xi’s first to Egypt in a decade
- Egypt hosted annual military exercises with China last month
- Chinese companies have invested in Egyptian ports, factories and clean energy
CAIRO, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Egypt on Tuesday, his first visit to the Arab world’s most populous nation in a decade, as countries across the Middle East reassess security and economic ties amid the fallout of the Iran war.
The conflict has disrupted global energy markets and raised questions about whether regional countries can count on the United States as a long-term security partner.
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi welcomed Xi at Cairo International Airport, where they walked a long red carpet flanked by uniformed soldiers, folk dancers and young Egyptians waving Chinese flags, Egyptian state TV footage showed.
Over the past week, Egyptian state media has trumpeted Cairo’s growing economic and military ties with Beijing and Egypt’s role as the first Arab and African country to establish diplomatic ties with China 70 years ago.
“Egypt and China have become partners contributing together to strengthening the role of the Global South in the international system,” Sisi wrote in an op-ed in state newspaper Al-Ahram.
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Xi’s visit is the second leg of his second overseas trip this year, following his participation in a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kyrgyzstan where he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and others.
In commentary published by Chinese state news agency Xinhua, Xi said the two countries were “close brothers standing by each other” in the face of imperialism and colonialism and that he looked forward to exploring a deeper partnership.
GROWING MILITARY TIES
Last month Egypt – which receives about $1.3 billion a year in U.S. military aid – hosted its second annual military exercises with China, launched last year as Beijing sought to chip away at U.S. influence in the region.
The drills marked the first deployment of China’s J-16 jets to Africa and a rare air combat drill involving the Chinese-made fighters and French-made Rafales, according to Chinese state media.
A Chinese air force tanker was also pictured refuelling a Rafale, offering Beijing a closer look at Western-made equipment.
Egypt has been seeking deeper ties with Beijing since at least 2014, when recently elected Sisi travelled to China to sign a strategic partnership deal, said H. A. Hellyer, a scholar at the Royal United Services Institute think tank.
Cairo’s messaging toward Washington has softened since then, but “questions of American reliability and volatility” raised by the wars in Gaza and Iran have reinforced its desire to diversify partnerships, he said.
“Egypt sees itself as moving toward greater strategic autonomy,” Hellyer said. “It wants strong relations with Washington, but also Beijing, Moscow, and Europe.”
Bordering Israel, Sudan and Libya, and home to the vital trade artery of the Suez Canal, Egypt is often seen by foreign powers as a strategic linchpin in a volatile region riven by multiple conflicts.
Chinese investment in Egypt has surged in recent years, with billions flowing into sectors such as manufacturing, ports, solar energy, green hydrogen and satellite technology.
Egypt was an “obvious choice” for Xi to visit because it is at the heart of a variety of regional issues, said Eric Olander, co-founder of the China Global South Project.
“It touches on Israel, and the Palestinian issue. It touches on Africa. It touches on the Persian Gulf issue,” he said.
Last week, Xi hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah in Beijing, where the issue of Palestinian rights featured prominently. Xi is expected to visit India and the U.S. later this month.
Reporting by Alexander Dziadosz, Mohamed Ezz and Menna Alaa El Din in Cairo, Xiuhao Chen and Joe Cash in Beijing, and Nikita Maria Jino in Bengaluru; Writing by Alexander Dziadosz; Editing by Joyjeet Das, Ros Russell and Gareth Jones
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Кремль свідомо обрав шлях ескалації, перетворивши 1 вересня на черговий день терору проти українських дітей та цивільної інфраструктури. Керуючись правом на самооборону, Україна дасть жорстку та пропорційну відповідь. Повністю підтримую рішення Президента та Верховного Головнокомандувача Володимира Зеленського.
Російське небо більше не є безпечним. Це нова реальність, про яку ми офіційно попереджаємо міжнародні авіакомпанії, страховиків та партнерів. Наші далекобійні засоби системно відпрацьовуватимуть по військових цілях на території ворога.
Ми поважаємо дипломатичні зусилля партнерів і готові забезпечувати точкові паузи виключно для реальних кроків до завершення війни. Але доки триває агресія, українські дрони й ракети господарюватимуть у російському небі.
Слава Україні!
— @Kyrylo_Budanov Sep 1, 2026
Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for Moscow’s position on the war in the Middle East, in their first meeting since the conflict broke out in February.Russia has supplied Iran with satellite images and other intelligence, helping Tehran target US facilitie
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Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for Moscow’s position on the war in the Middle East, in their first meeting since the conflict broke out in February.
Russia has supplied Iran with satellite images and other intelligence, helping Tehran target US facilities in the Persian Gulf in recent months, according to reports. The two allies have also expanded military and economic ties in recent years.
“We appreciate and thank you for your positions at every stage, both during the period when the fighting and acts of aggression were taking place and under normal circumstances, when the United States was imposing sanctions on us, both at the United Nations and in international forums,” Pezeshkian told Putin at a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan on September 1.
Pezeshkian described Iran’s relationship with Russia as “strategic” and said Tehran and Moscow can work together to resist what he called US “unilateralism.”
The meeting came after a new flareup in the six-month war. The United States said it attacked Iranian rocket launchers on a small island in the Strait of Hormuz on August 30, prompting Tehran to retaliate by hitting US military targets in Jordan.
Tehran and Washington signed a memorandum of understanding in June aimed at ending the war, but the deal soon unraveled.
Since then, Washington has reimposed a naval blockade on Iran and intensified economic pressure on Tehran. Iran has maintained its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, a key artery for global oil and gas supplies, and effectively closed the waterway to international maritime traffic.
At the SCO summit, Pezeshkian said Tehran remained ready for diplomacy, but only if Washington returned to its obligations under the June agreement.
“If the United States returns to its commitments under the aforementioned memorandum of understanding, the Islamic Republic of Iran will immediately reciprocate,” Pezeshkian said.
Putin, meanwhile, said Moscow stood in solidarity with the Iranian people in the fight for their interests.
The Russian president also said that Moscow and Tehran will maintain their economic and trade ties despite the current military and political environment.
“We welcomed the signing of the Iranian-American cease-fire memorandum in June of this year, but unfortunately, the cease-fire proved unstable and too fragile,” Putin said. “In this difficult period, we’re trying to provide you with the necessary support, we talked with you about this, we’re supplying you with goods that you need.”
The Russian delegation in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, included Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksei Overchuk, and senior officials responsible for energy, transport, economic development, military-technical cooperation, and nuclear energy.
Putin has held a series of bilateral talks in Bishkek, including with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Kazakh President Qasym-Dzhomart Toqaev. He also has meetings scheduled with the leaders of other countries, including Tajikistan, Turkey, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan on September 1.
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🚨🇳🇱🇩🇪🇷🇺 NATO is closing ranks behind Germany after the Russian hybrid attack in Leipzig, with Secretary General Mark Rutte declaring that the evidence is clear and Moscow’s effort to intimidate the Alliance is doomed to fail.
Rutte said he had just spoken with Chancellor Friedrich Merz and stressed NATO’s full solidarity with Germany following the August 14 attack. He welcomed Berlin’s response and said the Alliance will continue strengthening its ability to deter and defend every member against all threats, including malicious hybrid operations like those seen in Leipzig and elsewhere across NATO territory.
🔥 Rutte’s message is deliberately uncompromising: Russia’s attempts to fracture allied unity or weaken support for Ukraine are not working. By framing the Leipzig attack as part of a broader pattern against the Alliance, NATO is signaling that hybrid pressure will increasingly be treated as a collective security challenge rather than a series of isolated national incidents.
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