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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks during a press conference (AFP/Simon Maina)
by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Jun 25, 2017 | Middle East
Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ratified a maritime demarcation agreement that sees his country relinquish sovereignty over two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, the government said in a statement on Saturday. Member of Egyptian Council for...
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A picture taken in 2014 shows the Red Sea islands of Tiran (foreground) and Sanafir (background) in the Straits of Tiran between Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia. (AFP)
by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Jun 14, 2017 | Saudi Arabia
Cairo – The Egyptian parliament will vote on Wednesday on a Saudi-Egyptian agreement to demarcate the marine borders. The parliament’s legislative committee had approved the deal, signed last year, on Tuesday. It passed with 35 lawmakers for and eight against. It was...
