CAIRO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi left Cairo on Sunday on state visits to Kuwait and Bahrain for discussion of issues of common concern, official MENA news agency reported.
According to the report, Sisi's two-day official visit to Kuwait will be followed by the visit to Bahrain "to continue consultation and coordination over the different regional and international issues of common concern."
Experts believe that Sisi's new Gulf tour seeks to refresh Egypt's ties with Gulf partners amid regional disorder in some Arab states including Syria, Libya and Yemen.
"The visits will also discuss ways of enhancing unity among Arab states to boost their ability to protect their common interests, meet the aspirations and hopes of their peoples and decisively stand against all attempts of foreign interference in their domestic affairs," said the report.
Egyptian relations with Saudi Arabia had temporarily been awkward due to the two countries' different positions particularly on Syria and Yemen, yet the latest Arab summit in Jordan and the efforts of the UAE helped bring Cairo and Riyadh closer.
