
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Congratulates President El-Sisi on July 23rd
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and his Crown Prince, Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, sent a congratulatory cable to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on the anniversary of the July 23rd Revolution.
In the cable, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Wednesday, King Salman expressed his sincere congratulations and best wishes for good health and happiness to President El-Sisi, and for continued progress and prosperity to the government and people of the brotherly Arab Republic of Egypt.
King Salman praised the deep and strong fraternal relations between the two brotherly countries, which everyone seeks to strengthen and develop in all fields.
In the same context, Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a cable of congratulations to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on the anniversary of the July 23rd Revolution, expressing his sincere congratulations and best wishes for good health and happiness to President El-Sisi, and for further progress and prosperity to the government and people of the brotherly Arab Republic of Egypt.
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