Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Interior, held in Riyadh Saturday a session of official talks with Minister of Interior of the Arab Republic of Egypt Major General Mahmoud Tawfiq.

At the beginning of the session, Prince Abdulaziz welcomed the Egyptian Minister of Interior, hailing the security coordination between the two Ministries of Interior.

During the session, they discussed ways to enhance security cooperation between the Ministries of Interior of the two brotherly countries, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

Attended by a number of officials from both sides, the session also witnessed the signing of a cooperation agreement between the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the government of the Arab Republic of Egypt in the field of combating crime.

Upon his arrival at King Khalid International Airport, the visiting Egyptian Minister was received by Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior, as well as the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior Dr. Hisham bin Abdul Rahman Al-Falih and the Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Kingdom Ahmed Farouk Muhammad Tawfiq.

Earlier, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arab Republic of Egypt Friday exchanged original copies of an endorsed agreement on cooperation in maritime transport and ports.

The exchange event took place following the signing of the agreement by the Saudi Ambassador to Egypt Osama bin Ahmed Nugali, and Rear Admiral Riza Ahmed Ismail, President of the Maritime Sector, an affiliate of the Ministry of Transport of Egypt.

The agreement aims at boosting cooperation between the two countries in the field of maritime transport and ports affairs.