RIYADH: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday, Saudi state news agency SPA said.
Sisi was greeted at Jeddah airport by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and was waved off again several hours later.
Saudi Arabia has long provided financial support to Egypt but recently signalled it would no longer provide such backing without conditions attached.
The trip also comes amid a major diplomatic realignment in the region, with moves by Saudi Arabia and Egypt to ease tensions with Syria, Iran and Türkiye.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Sisi at the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah, where they discussed bilateral ties and regional developments.
Other Saudi and Egyptian officials, including Saudi national security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban and Egypt’s intelligence chief Abbas Kamel, attended the meeting, it added.
Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies have repeatedly come to Egypt’s help since Sisi led the country.
When Egypt’s financial difficulties were exposed and exacerbated by the fallout from the war in Ukraine last year, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar made deposits in Egypt’s central bank and pledged major new investments.
—Agencies
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