Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Cairo for talks with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
15 September 2026
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman came to Cairo for talks with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
El-Sisi received him at Cairo International Airport, and the arrival was reported by the Saudi Press Agency.
The Egyptian presidency said the two sides would look at widening ties between the two countries across a range of fields, together with regional and international questions.
Shipping featured heavily, because both governments want traffic through the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb strait to move without being attacked.
That strait is the southern gateway to the Red Sea, and it is the route by which ships reach the Suez Canal from the Indian Ocean side.
Egypt treats the question as a national one: when traffic avoids Bab al-Mandeb, the Suez Canal loses the tolls that are one of its main sources of foreign currency.
Yemen, Sudan and Palestine were also on the agenda, and no agreement was signed at the meeting.
The previous visit by the Crown Prince to Cairo had been in October 2024.
In plain words
Bab al-Mandeb The strait between the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa — It is the southern entrance to the Red Sea on the way to the Suez Canal.
SPA Saudi Press Agency — Saudi Arabia's state news agency, which reported the arrival.