Egypt's New President Mohammed Mursi will make his first visit abroad to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
The Official MENA news agency quoting Saudi ambassador Ahmed Qattan said that Saudi King Abdullah has invited President Mursi to visit Riyadh to strengthen relations between the two countries in all areas.

It will be his first foreign trip since he was sworn in as president last week. Egypt and Saudi Arabia had close relations under Mursi’s predecessor Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted by a popular uprising last year. But a diplomatic row between the two countries had led to recall by Saudi Arabia of its ambassador in Cairo and closure of its embassy for several days.

Protests were held in Egypt demanding the release of a lawyer and human rights activist detained in Saudi Arabia.