Ambassador Ahmad Kattan is expected to begin his duties shortly . The ambassador was pulled after protests in front of the Saudi Embassy . Saudi Arabia called back Kattan and closed its embassy and consulates last Sunday after raucous protests in Cairo over the imprisonment of Ahmed Mohammed el-Gezawi , an Egyptian human rights lawyer . The protests and the Saudi reaction stirred up long - standing tensions between the two nations .
Ambassador Ahmad Kattan is expected to begin his duties shortly . The ambassador was pulled after protests in front of the Saudi Embassy . The protests and the Saudi reaction stirred up long - standing tensions between the two nations .