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Saudi-Egyptian joint exercise concludes

RIYADH, Sept 17 (KUNA) -- A Saudi-Egyptian naval exercise comprising of Royal Saudi Naval Forces and Egyptian Naval Forces concluded on Monday.
According to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the exercise named Morjan 13 was attended by Saudi Chief of the General Staff, Lt. General Hussein ibn Abdullah Al-Gubayel and Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces General Sidqi Subhi.
The Saudi-Egyptian naval exercise was conducted with the participation of a number of Royal Saudi Air force aircrafts, SPA added.
Saudi Commander of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces Lt. Gen. Dakhil-Ullah Al-Waqdani said that the exercise comes within a series of joint exercises conducted by Saudi Royal Navy with navies of friendly countries.
Al-Waqdani explained that it also aims to raise combat readiness, exchange experiences and gain combat skills through precision in planning and professionalism in the implementation and the ability to exercise procedures of command and control of different units in theater of operations.
For his part, Egyptian Armed Forces General Sidqi Subhi said in a similar statement that such training did not only focused on naval forces, but also land and air forces as well. (end) od.mb KUNA 172305 Sep 12NNNN