Egypt and Saudi Arabia.. “The Fortress of the East”!

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Egypt and Saudi Arabia are the most solid pole in maintaining regional balance. The relations between them are not the result of a passing historical coincidence, nor a temporary solidarity dictated by immediate necessities. Rather, they are a unique strategic bond, similar to the joining of a river to the ocean. One provides the other with the pulse of life, while the other surrounds him with the depth of strategy and the invulnerability of power. In this region, which is tossed by waves of crises, Cairo and Riyadh play the role of “counterweight,” and their relationship is the cornerstone of any move to save the region from sliding into broader confrontations, the repercussions of which will affect everyone in the region and the world.

The historical relations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia do not need further details. The two countries are a point of safety for the Arab nation, amidst unprecedented fluctuations on all sides. This forces the two countries to move to strengthen Arab solidarity and build a solid wall that guarantees the security of the region.

Here we must point out that relations between Cairo and Riyadh reached their peak during the era of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Based on the fraternal and strategic ties between the two countries and the two brotherly peoples; Because Egypt and Saudi Arabia are the backbone of the nation and the two pivotal powers in the region, they are together building bridges of safety and prosperity, based on this bright consensus and understanding at all levels between the two countries, to serve as a wall of safety to protect Arab national security and confront accelerating threats and challenges.

Egypt realizes that the nation needs true Arab solidarity to face difficult challenges. Sparing the region any escalation from whose repercussions no one will be spared. Therefore, we are talking about a true partnership and a strategic relationship between Cairo, which knows the status of its sister Riyadh, and the Kingdom, which is aware of the vital and important Egyptian role on the Arab and regional arenas. Cairo and Riyadh are the hands that move the Arab body, defend its issues, and ensure its protection from risks, and this relationship will remain a model to be emulated.

In light of the developments the region is witnessing - their danger is increasing every day - as well as the escalation of the unacceptable attacks against Saudi Arabia, Egypt renews its full support for the Kingdom, which President Sisi stressed on more than one occasion, but now solidarity and support are renewed more clearly, in the decisions of the “National Defense Council” meeting headed by President Sisi yesterday, where it was emphasized to provide all necessary and possible forms of support to the Kingdom, to defend its security and stability, and to preserve its capabilities and safety. Its lands and Islamic sanctities.

Such a decision could not have been issued by the National Defense Council except as an affirmation of the historical relations and strong ties that bind the peoples of the two brotherly countries, as they are the heart of the Arab nation, and a belief in the connection between Saudi national security and Egyptian and Arab national security, as well as describing Egypt and Saudi Arabia as the cornerstone in confronting the dangers that threaten Arab and regional security, and their solidarity remains decisive in critical moments and difficult times.

In confirmation of the Egyptian constants, the National Defense Council decided to continue and intensify the political and diplomatic efforts made, in coordination with the relevant regional and international parties, in a way that contributes to reducing the escalation in the entire region and settling the crises that the region is witnessing peacefully.

Egypt's constants are clear, whether in full solidarity with the sisterly Arab countries and peoples in the face of any attacks and threats, or in categorical rejection of any attack on its stability. Here we must never lose sight of the fact that there is a firm belief repeatedly emphasized by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi that the security of the Gulf states is an integral part of Egyptian and Arab national security, and that the common destiny requires strengthening Arab cooperation, unifying ranks, and consolidating the concept of collective security. This ensures the protection of Arab countries from any dangers.

With the same degree of Egyptian solidarity with its brothers in the face of any attacks, Cairo’s intensive movements - by harnessing its diplomatic efforts to reduce the escalation - come based on its firm commitment to pushing for the predominance of the language of dialogue, and this is its approach that it has always followed in dealing with many of the crises that afflict the region from time to time.

For this reason, everyone must realize that strength is in alignment and unity, and Cairo’s messages are very clear: “Egypt is a support to the brothers,” and this is its era always in hardship before prosperity, and this is its firm role that it does not neglect. Therefore, strategic coordination with Saudi Arabia is a necessity dictated by the fidelity of history and responsibility for the present and the future, to remain an impenetrable bulwark that protects the nation’s capabilities and dignity. If Egypt and Saudi Arabia come together, the East will regain its balance, and if they separate, strong winds will overwhelm it, and this cannot be allowed!