Saudi Arabia to host summits of Arab and Islamic nations in coming days to discuss Gaza.
Saudi Arabia's Minister of Investment Khalid Al Falih gestures during the opening session of the Future Investment Initiative Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 26, 2021.“We will see, this week, in the next few days Saudi Arabia convening an emergency Arab summit in Riyadh,” said Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih, at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will travel to Saudi Arabia on Sunday for the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit, Etemadonline news reported, the first visit by an Iranian head of state since Tehran and Riyadh ended years of hostility under a China-brokered deal in March. Falih also said Saudi Arabia would convene a summit with African nations, without specifying a date. Late on Tuesday Saudi Arabia’s foreign affairs ministry issued a statement saying that the meeting, which had been set for the weekend, would be postponed in order to focus on the other two summits.
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