Cairo - QNA
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt signed Friday a total of 17 agreements during the visit of King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Custodian of the Two Holly Mosques to Egypt.
The agreements were in various fields, including nuclear energy, marine ports, agriculture and electricity among others.
The King of Saudi Arabia delivered a speech marking his visit to Egypt. The speech focused on the highlights of bilateral relations between the two countries. The King said constructing a bridge linking Egypt and Saudi Arabia will have massive benefits, increasing trade levels between Asia and Africa.
For his part, Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Al Sissi expressed his confidence that Egypt and Saudi Arabia will strongly together to deal with the region's crises, whether the Palestinian issue, Yemen, Libya or Syria.