Egypt’s Sisi seeks to damp down media frictions with Saudi Arabia | Hatem Maher

Egypt’s Sisi seeks to damp down media frictions with Saudi Arabia | Hatem Maher

CAIRO-

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sought on Thursday to play down a rare media spat with Saudi Arabia, which recently signalled greater conditionality over financial backing to allies such as Egypt.

Saudi Arabia along with other energy-rich Gulf states has long provided crucial funding to Egypt, upping support after Sisi took power nearly a decade ago and as an acute financial crisis took hold last year.