Egypt, Saudi Arabia to build joint bridge over Red Sea

Saudi King Salman on Friday announced that a
bridge linking his country with Egypt will be built
over the Red Sea to boost trade as the two
countries signed 17 agreements to enhance
bilateral ties.

In his televised joint conference with Egypt's
president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the second-day of
his visit, 80-year-old Saudi monarch said the bridge
would be aimed at boosting trade exchange
between the two allied countries and connecting
the two countries. President Sisi suggested naming
the bridge the "King Salman bin Abdel Aziz Bridge",
after the Saudi monarch.

"I agreed with my brother his Excellency President
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to build a bridge connecting the
two countries," Salman said. "This historic step to
connect the two continents, Africa and Asia, is a
qualitative transformation that will increase trade
between the two continents to unprecedented
levels," he said.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia signed 17 agreements on
Friday. The agreement includes establishing King
Salman Ibn Abdel Aziz University in Sinai, building
residential buildings in Sinai, developing the Kasr
el-Eini hospital in Cairo, and other agreements in
different sectors.
During his speech, President el-Sisi greeted King
Salman and described his visit as "historical".
Salman arrived in Egypt on Thursday for a five-day
visit considered to be his first official visit to the
Egypt since he came to the throne in 2015.