Riyadh and Cairo call for free and secure shipping in Red Sea
Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah al-Sissi welcomed Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Cairo on Tuesday for talks on regional security.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia's call for secure Red Sea shipping reflects shared commercial exposure to Houthi disruptions, which have raised insurance and freight costs and reduced Suez Canal transit revenue, a key source of Egyptian foreign currency. The Cairo talks signal coordination between two major Red Sea littoral economies on maritime security, though neither state possesses naval capacity to independently guarantee passage without broader multilateral backing.
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