Making the announcement, King Salman said, I agreed with my brother his Excellency President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to build a bridge connecting the two countries.
"This historic step to connect the two continents, Africa and Asia, is a qualitative transformation that will increase trade between the two continents to unprecedented levels," he said.
The bridge will be named after Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman.
