Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry received on Sunday the Saudi minister of foreign affairs, Adel Al-Gubeir, to discuss bilateral relations. This is the first meeting between the two counterparts since the recent US-Arab-Islamic Summit held in Saudi Arabia in May. Egypt has carried out airstrikes on May 27 in the city of Derna in Eastern Libya, targeting terrorist groups following a shooting of Coptic Christians in Al-Minya that left 28 civilians dead. Shoukry and Al-Gubeir also discussed means of enhancing bilateral relations and the acceleration of implementing bilateral economic cooperation and investments. In April, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman received Al-Sisi in Riyadh, after months of apparent tensions between the two countries, following Egypt’s support to a Russian resolution in the UNSC concerning the Syrian crisis.

Source: Daily News Egypt June 04, 2017 13:30 UTC