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The Egyptian media lashed out at the Saudis for their criticism of the Egyptian position on Syria and the halt of oil shipments of a Saudi national oil company, Aramco, to Egypt for the second consecutive month in November "until further notice" as stated by Egyptian Oil Minister Tarek al-Molla.

In late October, at a recent national youth conference in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi blamed the country's media for "causing Egypt severe harms" and "harming our warm relations with some friends."

Iyad Madani, a former Saudi minister who was in charge of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), made remarks during a conference in Tunisia in a mocking tone about the Egyptian president, yet the issue ended up with his resignation earlier in November after an Egyptian campaign against the man.

Egypt later welcomed Saudi Arabia's nomination of another ex-minister for the OIC top post "out of Egypt's appreciation of the important role played by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in supporting the activities of the OIC," as the Egyptian foreign ministry said.

On Tuesday, despite the plea of the Egyptian government, an Egyptian court confirmed nullification of an Egyptian-Saudi deal signed in April, during a rare visit of Saudi King Salman to Cairo, to transfer the controversial two Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to the kingdom.

Mohamed Nehad Asqalani, Egypt's former assistant foreign minister, said that the Egyptian-Saudi relations are deep-rooted and highly valued by both sides, and both states are aware that they cannot do without each other.