Egypt court denies government appeal over islands deal with Saudi Arabia

‘A court in Egypt has turned down a government appeal against an earlier ruling that had voided a maritime border agreement between Cairo and Riyadh over the control of two strategic Red Sea islands.
On Tuesday, the highest administrative court in Cairo dismissed the plea, and ruled that the islands of Tiran and Sanafir off the coast of South Sinai fall under Egyptian sovereignty, Egyptian daily al-Ahram reported.
The same court had nullified President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s move on June 21 to cede control of the two islands to Riyadh under a maritime border deal signed on April 8.’
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