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Saudi Interior Minister Meets with Egyptian President in Cairo

Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz holds talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Sunday. (SPA)
Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz holds talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Sunday. (SPA)
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Saudi Interior Minister Meets with Egyptian President in Cairo

Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz holds talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Sunday. (SPA)
Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz holds talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Sunday. (SPA)

Upon the Saudi leadership directives, Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz held talks in Cairo on Sunday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to discuss relations and security cooperation.

Prince Abdulaziz conveyed to Sisi the greetings of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, and wished Egypt continued progress and prosperity.

Prince Abdulaziz had arrived in Cairo on Saturday on an official visit.

He was received at Cairo International Airport by his Egyptian counterpart Major General Mahmoud Tawfik and Saudi Ambassador to Egypt Saleh bin Eid Al-Hussaini.

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Putin Thanks Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince for Helping Major US-Russia Prisoner Swap

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman walk during a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 6, 2023. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS/ File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman walk during a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 6, 2023. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS/ File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
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Putin Thanks Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince for Helping Major US-Russia Prisoner Swap

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman walk during a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 6, 2023. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS/ File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman walk during a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 6, 2023. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS/ File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he was grateful to Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for helping to organize the biggest US-Russian prisoner swap since the Cold War.

"Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince played an active role in the initial stages of this work. We are very grateful to him, as it resulted in the return of our citizens to the homeland," Putin said at the Eastern Economic Forum.

Putin and Prince Mohammed bin Salman, have fostered a close personal relationship since 2015 when the prince visited Russia for the first time.

The relationship has helped the leaders of the world's two biggest oil exporters conclude and maintain the OPEC+ energy deal.

US journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-US Marine Paul Whelan returned to the United States on Aug. 1, hours after being freed from Russian detention in the biggest prisoner exchange between the two countries since the Cold War, according to Reuters.

The swap deal, worked on in secrecy for more than a year, involved 24 prisoners - 16 moving from Russia to the West and eight sent back to Russia from the West.

Putin also thanked Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan for providing the venue for the exchange. He mentioned that several other Arab countries facilitated the swap but did not name them.