Tiran and Sanafir
It stressed the Egyptian government, in a statement, that "the Saudi monarch, the late King Abdul Aziz Al Saud had asked Egypt in January 1950 to take over the provision of protection for the two islands, which have responded to him and has provided protection to the Islands since then."
The Egyptian government has considered that "the signing of the maritime border between the two countries set an important achievement agreement would enable the two countries to take advantage of the exclusive economic zone as provided by each of the wealth and resources of returning economic benefit to them."
The agreement was signed for Saudi side Crown Crown Prince and Defense Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman, on the Egyptian side, Prime Minister Ismail Sharif, in the presence of Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.The Egyptian government said in a statement: "His feat after a hard and long work more than 6 years took, which held 11 rounds of meetings of the delimitation of maritime boundaries between the two countries, most recently three rounds since December 2015 following the signing of the Cairo Declaration on July 30, 2015".
She added: "The Committee adopted its work on Presidential Decree No. 27 of 1990 Select Egyptian basis points to measure the territorial sea and exclusive economic zone of Egypt, which has been notified by the United Nations on May 2, 1990".
She said the Commission adopted "as well as the letters exchanged between the two countries during the same year, in addition to the Royal Decree of 2010 determining basis points relevant to Saudi Arabia. Use technicians of the members of the latest scientific methods to check the points and calculate the distance to finish drawing the middle line between the two countries with the utmost Committee accuracy. "
The Egyptian government has acknowledged that the "artistic drawing the border line established by the Royal Decree Presidential Decree referred to, resulted in the islands of Tiran and Sanafir within the territorial waters of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."
The Egyptian government confirmed that "the signing and ratification of the agreement will result in enabling Egypt to take advantage of the exclusive economic zone in the Red Sea, and they provide opportunities for exploration and prospecting for additional natural resources of the state." She pointed out that it "will be displayed Convention on the delimitation of maritime boundaries between the House of Representatives for discussion and put forward for ratification in accordance with the legal and constitutional procedures in place."
