Foreign relations of Egypt
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Disputes - international
\nEgypt asserts its claim to the "Hala'ib Triangle," a barren area of 20,580 km² under partial
Sudanese administration that is defined by an administrative boundary which supersedes the treaty boundary of
1899.
Illicit drugs
\na transit point for Southwest Asian and Southeast Asian heroin and
opium moving to
Europe,
Africa, and the
US; popular transit stop for
Nigerian couriers.
Misc.
\nAfter seven years, the United States and Egypt re-established diplomatic relations on
February 28,
1974.
