Lahore, June 20 -- Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), held talks with Egypt's Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel-Aal here. The two also attended the first phase of the fifth meeting of the exchange mechanism between Chinese and Egyptian parliaments. Hailing the sound development of bilateral ties in the past, Li said China has always viewed and promoted the China-Egypt ties from a strategic height and a longterm perspective and worked together with Egypt to support each other on issues concerning core interests and major concerns. China stands ready to enhance alignment of development strategies with Egypt, intensify Belt and Road cooperation so as to lift bilateral ties to a new level, he said...