Moves by the Egyptian government to hand two strategic Red Sea islands over to Saudi Arabia have dran angry reaction from opposition figures.
An Egyptian cabinet announcement said that technical work on the two countries' maritime boundary had shown that the islands of Tiran and Sanafir were within Saudi territorial waters.
The statement came while Saudi Arabia's King Salman was in Cairo for a five-day visit.
The Saudi leader on Sunday addressed the Egyptian parliament, where he received a thunderous welcome with repeated applause and standing ovations.
Riyadh has given significant financial and diplomatic backing to Egypt since President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi - then head of the armed forces - toppled then president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
Tiran and Sanafir are at the southern entry to the Gulf of Aqaba, where both Israel and Jordan maintain important ports.
Al Jazeera
