El Sisi and Raisi meeting in Riyadh a step towards boosting Egypt-Iran ties

Egypt and Iran took a giant step towards establishing full diplomatic ties when their leaders met for the first time on the sidelines of the Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh on Saturday.

The meeting between Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi received little publicity, with focus directed on the summit itself, where leaders from more than 50 nations discussed ways to end the Gaza war, now in its sixth week.

Relations between the two regional powerhouses have been fraught for decades.

The meeting was…