Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Mahmoud Hegazy flew to Riyadh on Monday (August 1st) for a multi-day visit aimed at bolstering military co-operation between the two countries, Egypt's Ahram Online reported.
Hegazy is heading a delegation of top Egyptian military officials to conduct talks concerning mutual interests with their Saudi counterparts during the seventh session of the Saudi-Egyptian joint military council, Egypt's military said in a statement.
Earlier this year, Cairo participated in a 20-nation military drill in the Gulf, which was organised by Saudi Arabia and billed as the biggest ever in the region.
In July 2015, Egypt and Saudi Arabia signed a pact aimed at boosting military and economic ties between the two countries.
