(MENAFN) A Cairo administrative court rejected on Tuesday the Egyptian government's motion to appeal a previous ruling that annulled the transfer of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.
In detail, the court also fined President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Prime Minister Sherif Ismail 800 Egyptian pounds ($45) each for filing the appeal.
The Egyptian government stirred nationwide controversy in April when it announced that Egypt and Saudi Arabia agreed to revise maritime borders that handed ownership of the disputed islands, Tiran and Sanafir, to Riyadh.
According to a Cabinet statement at the time, the signing of the agreement came after six years of negotiations between the two countries, causing many to voice their concern that negotiations of such importance were carried out without public knowledge.
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