Mohammed bin Salman to start tour of Gulf Arab states on Monday
December 6, 2021, 5:59 am

Mohammed bin Salman to start tour of Gulf Arab states on Monday

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman-Saudi Arabia/Facebook

The Today Online reported according to Reuters, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will start a tour of Gulf Arab states on Monday ahead of an annual Gulf summit this month that comes amid crucial talks aimed at salvaging a nuclear pact between Iran and the West.

Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television reported that Prince Mohammed will visit Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait. Oman will be the first leg of the tour.

It would be the crown prince's first trip to neighbouring Qatar since Riyadh and its Arab allies imposed an embargo on Doha in mid-2017 in a row that was only resolved last January.

Saudi Arabia-Streets of Jeddah/Pixabay

Al Arabiya said the summit of Gulf Arab leaders would be held in the Saudi capital Riyadh in mid-December.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have engaged with long-time foe Iran in a bid to contain regional tensions as indirect talks between Washington and Tehran to revive the nuclear pact drag.

In the latest round of talks in Vienna last week, Western powers questioned Iran's determination to salvage the 2015 agreement, which Gulf states saw as flawed for not addressing Tehran's missiles programme and network of regional proxies.

Then-President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the pact in 2018 and reimposed U.S. sanctions, prompting Iran to begin violating nuclear restrictions starting in 2019. Tehran denies seeking nuclear weapons.

Saudi Arabia's crown prince starts his regional tour on the same day that the UAE's top national security adviser is expected to visit Iran.

Sunni Muslim power Saudi Arabia in April launched direct talks with Shi'ite Iran, with which it is locked in several proxy conflicts in the Middle East. Riyadh has described the discussions, held in Iraq, as largely exploratory.

Source: todayonline

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