Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meets with King Salman of Saudi Arabia during the departure ceremony at Cairo International Airport Cairo, Egypt, April 11, 2016, in this handout courtesy of the Egyptian Presidency. REUTERS/The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via Reuters
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel gave its blessing on Tuesday to Egypt's return of two Red Sea islands in a strategic strait to Saudi Arabia, and Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said that Riyadh had undertaken to respect relevant terms of the Israeli-Egyptian peace deal.
The islands of Tiran and Sanafir, located at the southern entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba, will be formally demarcated as being in Saudi waters under a treaty announced on Saturday by Cairo, which has had de facto control over them since 1950.
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