All eyes were on the Ittihadiya Palace, where Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met President Abdel Fattah El Sisi during his day-long visit to Egypt. Talk shows had coverage of the meeting and what it means for the growing Egypt-Saudi relationship (watch, runtime: 8:03).

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** We have the full rundown of what went down during the crown prince’s visit in the news well, above.

Timing is everything: The visit's timing is significant given the two countries’ shared vision for and desire to craft a common consensus around regional de-escalation, head of the Arab and Regional Studies Unit at Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies Mohamed Ezz El Arab told Salaat El Tahrir's Faten Abdel Maaboud (watch, runtime: 2:50). Saudi Arabia views Egypt as an influential Arab power in regional affairs, one of King Saud University's political science professors told Yahduth Fi Masr’s Sherif Amer (watch, runtime: 2:44).

The Saudi crown prince departed Egypt at the end of the day after sharing a thank-you message to President El Sisi afterwards.

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