CAIRO, Sept. 2 -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, chatted over tea and visited a small handicrafts exhibition with Entissar El-Sisi, wife of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, on Wednesday.

Peng had a cordial exchange with Entissar on China-Egypt friendship and people-to-people exchanges.

Egypt has a long history and a profound cultural heritage, Peng said, noting that the exquisite exhibits fully showcased the wisdom and unique aesthetic sensibilities of the Egyptian people.

China and Egypt share many cultural similarities, Peng said, expressing hope that artists from the two countries would strengthen exchanges and cooperation to allow traditional crafts to continue to shine with renewed vitality through inheritance and mutual learning.