An accord between Saudi Arabia and Egypt to bridge the Red Sea was the keynote event of King Salman's visit to Cairo, but behind the headlines a story of engineering ambitions and deepening political relations was unfolding. It was an announcement that generated headlines around the world. During his recent five-day visit to Egypt, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the monarch of Saudi Arabia, announced that a bridge would be built to span the Red Sea. "I agreed with my brother His Excellency President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to build a bridge connecting the two countries," the king announced during a speech following his award with the Order of the Nile, Egypt's highest state honour. "This...
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