Against a background of giant columns with images of pyramids hung dozens of Chinese red lanterns.
Chinese and Egyptian performers 【A1】________ (highlight) their ancient but unique cultures at a square before the 3,400-year-old Luxor Temple. They sang 【A2】________ praise of their mother rivers, the Yellow and the Nile. They played the traditional musical 【A3】inst________ of their countries.
The event on January 21,2016, 【A4】________ (entitle) Two Great Civilizations: Dialogues, marked the opening of the 2016 Sino-Egyptian Culture Year to commemorate the 60th anniversary of their diplomatic ties. Egypt was the 【A5】________ (one) Arab and African country to recognize the People's Republic of China.
The presence of President Xi Jinping, 【A6】________ is visiting the Middle East, and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah A1-Sisi, stressed the great 【A7】atte________ paid to cultural exchanges. Xi said China and Egypt, as two of the 【A8】________ (old) human civilizations, should strengthen their cultural and people-to-people exchanges.
Culture ministers of the two countries both emphasised the long history of cultural exchanges 【A9】________ their countries. They said that the cultural year is a means to intensify the nations' already strong cultural ties. More than 100 cultural events covering entertainment, music, movies, exhibitions, literature and book publication will be held 【A10】thr________ the year.

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