Egypt’s Sisi gives Kuwaiti emir right to own Egypt land

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi on Thursday issued a decree granting the emir of Kuwait the right to purchase land in Egypt.

According to the decree, published in the state’s official gazette, Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah will enjoy the same rights as Egyptian citizens in the application of Law 143 of 1981, which regulates the purchase of state-owned land in desert areas.

Thursday’s presidential decree makes the Kuwaiti emir the second Arab Gulf royal — after the king of Bahrain — to be granted the right to own land in Egypt.

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Last October, Al-Sisi confirmed Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa’s ownership of land — including three villas — in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

Since the ouster of Mohamed Morsi — Egypt’s first freely elected president — in a 2013 military coup, the Arab Gulf States have provided Al-Sisi’s regime with significant political and economic support.

Egyptian law generally imposes tight restrictions on the ownership of property in Egypt by foreign nationals.

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