Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met on Wednesday with Saudi Minister of State for African Affairs Ahmed al Qattan, in the presence of Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri and Acting Chief of General Intelligence Abbas Kamel.
Ambassador Bassam Radi, spokesman for the Egyptian presidency, said that the Saudi minister of state conveyed the greetings of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, pointing to the strong historic relations between the Kingdom and Egypt, and expressing Saudi Arabia’s keenness to further develop the horizons of cooperation in various fields, thus contributing to strengthening solidarity, promoting joint Arab action and confronting various challenges facing the region.
Sisi, for his part, hailed strategic and deep-rooted relations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
He also underlined Egypt’s keenness to strengthen various bilateral cooperation frameworks, maintain consultations and coordination with the Kingdom on various regional issues and means to address the challenges facing the Arab and Islamic nations for the sake of their people.
