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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Crown Prince Visits Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his Egypt visit. (SPA)

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, visited on Monday Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo’s Abbasiya neighborhood.

Prince Mohammed met Coptic Pope Tawadros II at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral

This marks the first visit of its kind by a senior Saudi official to the seat of the Coptic Orthodox patriarchate.

Prince Mohammed embarked on Sunday on a three-day visit to Egypt.

He held talks on Sunday with President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and toured on Monday the Ismailiya region.

The two leaders oversaw the signing of tourism and investment agreements.

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