Egypt 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.
a transit point for Southwest Asian and Southeast Asian
heroin and
opium moving to
Europe,
Africa, and the
US; popular transit stop for
Nigerian couriers.
After seven years, the
United States and Egypt re-established diplomatic relations on
February 28,
1974.