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Saudi King arrives in Cairo on official visit

Xinhua, April 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Saudi Arabia's King Salman Bin Abdel-Aziz arrived here Thursday on his first official state visit to Egypt since ascending to the Saudi throne in January 2015, state-run Ahram Online reported.

Salman was greeted by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi upon arrival.

Salman previously visited Egypt's southern Sinai city of Sharm El-Sheikh in March 2015 for an Arab League summit.

The Egyptian presidency described Salman's visit to Cairo as "crowning the close brotherly ties between the two countries."

Saudi Arabia has supported Cairo with billions of U.S. dollars to help revive the country's economy following the ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.

During his five-day visit, the two sides are expected to sign four agreements worth roughly 22 billion dollars, according to Ahram Online. Endit