Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asserted that the two islands of Tiran and Sanafir are Saudi. “Tiran and Sanafir are recorded as Saudi islands in the Egyptian, Saudi, and international records,” bin Salman said in a television interview broadcast on Tuesday. The islands of Tiran and Sanafir are located in a strategic location at the southern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, controlling the movement through the gulf. “Egypt has never been late to Saudi Arabia, and Saudi Arabia will always provide Egypt in a timely manner,” bin Salman said. Egypt and Saudi Arabia had signed an agreement of demarcating the maritime borders between them in April 2016.

Source: Daily News Egypt May 03, 2017 16:52 UTC