Tomorrow President Sisi will be going to Saudi Arabia for an official visit, after along time of tension between the two countries, especially after the Egyptian situation that occured with the UN by supporting the Russian and French Revolution relating to the Syrian War.
The question we need to answer here is as follows: Are there any benefits from the Saudi Arabia - Egypt relationship? It's difficult to say that the relationship between Egypt and Saudi Arabia has reached to a level we can call "strategic".
Basically, Saudi Arabia wants to have Egypt as a support system in case any other country attacks. It is well-known that the Egyptian Army is the only army tha remains now among all the Arab countries.They are the only force that we can consider organized enough, and ready enough, to participate in any war that may occur in the region.
From the side of Egypt, our country considers Saudi Arabia as the main source of petrol and economic aid, especially after the January 26th Revolution, where Egypt was faced with many economic problems including the decline of foreign reserves in the Central Bank.
In conclusion, I want to say that the Egyptian - Saudi relationship is vague and not clear. This is crucial since alot of Arab countries are now suffering from wars and instability. Furthermore, both Egypt and Saudi Arabia have contrasting opinions on how to deal with the crisis in the region.
