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Egypt’s Sisi hands control of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ratified a maritime demarcation agreement that sees the country cede sovereignty over two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, the government said on Saturday.
The Red Sea islands deal has become political sensitive for Sisi, who counts on Saudi Arabia as a key ally, after the proposed agreement fueled widespread public criticism and street protests among Egyptians angered over national sovereignty.
Egypt’s parliament last week backed the plan that cedes control of Tiran and Sanafir islands to Saudi Arabia, but the deal has also become subject to a legal tussle between different courts over jurisdiction.
“President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ratified the maritime demarcation agreement between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” the cabinet said in a statement.
This week the constitutional court chief temporarily suspended all court decisions on the agreement until the constitutional court makes a ruling on which institution has the final say in the matter.
Sisi’s government last year announced the maritime agreement with Saudi Arabia, an ally which has given billions of dollars of aid to Egypt. The Egyptian and Saudi governments say the islands are Saudi but have been subject to Egyptian protection.Google Maps
Saudi Arabia helped Sisi with aid since he toppled President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013.
But Egyptians are increasing critical over the state of the country’s economic revival after years of political upheaval and a devaluation of the Egyptian pound, tax rises and subsidy cuts introduced by Sisi’s government.
(Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein: editing by Patrick Markey)
3 Comments on "Egypt’s Sisi hands control of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia"
Cloggie on Tue, 27th Jun 2017 5:03 am
In 2005 88 people got killed after a bomb attack against tourists in hotels in Sharm El-Sheikh. Month later I went there as the prices for 5 star hotels had come had considerably as a result. Flew from Amsterdam to Cairo, verified first hand that the camel drivers near the pyramids were the worst people you can meet, and traveled by bus along the Suez canal to the southern tip of the Sinai. Noted that Egyptians have a strange habit of starting building houses and not finish it. The bus was stopped at least three times by heavily armed Egyptian military and was thoroughly searched.
Sharm El-Sheikh was a complete garrison with fortifications and road blocks. The Four Seasons hotel was sparsely populated and the service excellent. It was the only hotel I visited in my life where the personnel insisted to carry my plate from the buffet to the table.
From the beach you could see these islands that are now virtually sold by dirt poor Egypt to stinking rich KSA.
KSA is the overlord of Egypt after the Sisi coup, as America is the overlord of KSA, as Israel is the overlord of the US.
In geopolitical terms this handover is completely insignificant. It’s an excuse for Saudi foreign aid to ally Egypt.
Davy on Tue, 27th Jun 2017 5:19 am
“From the beach you could see these islands that are now virtually sold by dirt poor Egypt to stinking rich KSA. KSA is the overlord of Egypt after the Sisi coup, as America is the overlord of KSA, as Israel is the overlord of the US. In geopolitical terms this handover is completely insignificant. It’s an excuse for Saudi foreign aid to ally Egypt.”
Sounds pretty simple probably because it is simpleton.
Cloggie on Tue, 27th Jun 2017 7:46 am
Two useless dunes:
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2016/04/18/tiran-sanafir-egyptian-burden/