Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, then Interior Minister met with his Egyptian counterpart, Major General Mohamed Ibrahim, who was visiting the Kingdom to participate in the activities of the 30th session of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers, which was held in Riyadh at the time. On July 12, 2015, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Interior Minister held a meeting in Jeddah with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry during which they discussed the prospects of cooperation between the two brotherly countries and ways of enhancing them in all fields in addition to reviewing the developments on the Arab, Islamic and international arenas. On December 15, 2015, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Defense Minister paid a visit to Egypt, during which he was received by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and their meeting dealt with the meetings of the Egyptian-Saudi Joint Coordination Council, which aims to strengthen cooperation, trade and economic exchanges to reflect the speciality of the relationship between the two countries. The meeting also tackled a number of issues of common interest. On March 10, 2016, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi visited the Kingdom to attend the final military parade of the maneuvers of "North Thunder" 2016, which were patronized by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in the presence of a number of leaders of Arab and Islamic countries at King Khalid Military City, Hafr Al-Batin.
