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Egyptian president arrives in Saudi Arabia
on first foreign visit
Thursday July 12, 2012 10:37:11 PM,
Agencies
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A picture released by the Egyptian
Presidency shows Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Salman Bin
Abdulaziz al-Saud (R) greeting Egyptian President Mohamed
Morsi upon his arrival in Jeddah on July 11, 2012.
(AFP PHOTO/AHMED
FUAD) |
Riyadh:
Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's new president arrived in Saudi Arabia on
Wednesday for his first foreign trip since taking office and met
first with King Abdullah and then with Crown Prince Salman bin
Abdul Aziz, who had greeted him on his arrival.
Few details were given on the talks between Morsi and Abdullah,
though the Egyptian president said regional stability was a key
focus of their discussions.
"The stability of the region depends on the stability of Egypt and
the Gulf, at the head of which stands Saudi Arabia," he said.
Morsi said he chose Saudi Arabia for his first official visit due
to the "deep rooted and historical relationship shared between the
two countries."
Mohamed Morsi says talks with King
Abdullah, during first foreign trip as president, were "fruitful
and constructive"
The state-run media said on Thursday
the talks were held after a late night meeting between the two
leaders.
"Our discussions were fruitful and constructive and in the
interest of Egypt, of Saudi Arabia and of the people of the
region," Morsi told reporters in Saudi's southern port city of
Jeddah at the end of Wednesday night's meeting.
"Everything [King Abdullah] said was in the interest of the
future, of the region and of Egypt," he said, adding that the king
spoke with "wisdom and knowledge and love for the Egyptian
people".
Morsi is expected on Thursday to travel to Makkah and Medina,
Islam's two holiest cities, to perform the umra, the less
pilgrimage that is carried out throughout the year unlike the
annual hajj which is held at a specified time each year.
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