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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held talks in Riyadh on Sunday, coinciding with a visit to Saudi Arabia by his Turkish counterpart who Cairo accuses of backing the banned Muslim Brotherhood. Sisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose relations have been strained since Sisi ousted his Islamist predecessor Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, did not meet in the oil-rich Gulf state.
Sisi's brief visit came after a satellite television last month broadcast a leaked audio recording in which he apparently suggests that Gulf monarchies have more money than they need and should give more to Egypt.
Sisi swiftly initiated telephone conversations with his allies in the Gulf, including with Saudi Arabia's King Salman who reportedly told him that relations with Cairo were "strategic". On Sunday, the Saudi monarch greeted Sisi upon his arrival, the official SPA news agency reported.
The leaders discussed "bilateral co-operation... and affirmed the deep strategic relations between the kingdom and Egypt, and their eagerness on strengthening them," said SPA.
They also held talks on "regional and international developments."
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are the main financial backers of Sisi's government, having pledged around $12 billion to Cairo since he came to power.
In an interview with Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news channel ahead of the visit, Sisi insisted that Cairo's relations with Riyadh were strong.
His visit came at the same time as Erdogan, who on Saturday travelled to the Muslim holy city of Mecca to perform a pilgrimage, before leaving to Medina the next day.
Sisi said the timing of the visits was a "coincidence".
But he also urged Turkey to "stop interfering in Egypt's internal affairs", in the interview with Al-Arabiya.
Cairo accuses Ankara, as well as Doha, of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, the movement of Morsi, blacklisted by Saudi Arabia and the UAE as well as by Egypt.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2015

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