Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed his pleasure for visiting Luxor city which is full of antiquities that are deeply-rooted in the history.

Earlier on Friday, the Chinese president made a tour of Luxor on the second day of his visit to the ancient city.

He was accompanied by Egypt's antiquities minister, the Luxor Governor and a host of public figures.

On Thursday, Xi and Egypt's Abdel Fattah El Sisi attended a ceremony to launch the Egyptian-Chinese cultural year marking the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Egyptian-Chinese ties.

Source: MENA