Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi will pay an official visit to China from December 14 to 16, the Chinese foreign ministry spokesman announced today. Spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry Hong Lei said in a statement carried by Chinese news agency (Xinhua) that the visit of the Egyptian foreign minister comes in response to an official invitation by his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi . During the visit Fahmi will meet with a number of Chinese officials to discuss means of bolstering relations between Cairo and Beijing.