The Jeddah powwow seemed meant to underscore the clout of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Read more at straitstimes.com.
of his country. The other is widely reviled for atrocities committed against his own people in a war that has made him dependent on Moscow.
The war in Ukraine has “definitively ended” Prince Mohammed’s post-Khashoggi isolation, he added, and the Saudis are now “seeking to demonstrate that they can bridge gaps that others cannot hope to”. “If he is cooperative and doesn’t rub their faces in it, then the inevitable – no matter how distasteful – readmittance of his victorious regime will proceed ‘normally’.”
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meeting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the Arab League summit. PHOTO: AFP
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