Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will not attend the upcoming Arab summit in Algeria, in accordance with doctors’ recommendations for travel, the Algerian presidency said.
Saudi Arabia did not show immediate popularity of Algeria’s comments on Saturday about the status of Prince Mohammed, who came temporarily to force his father, 86-year-old King Salman.
Remarks broadcast in Arabic and French by the Algerian press service on Saturday night referred to a message from President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s workplace about a phone call between him and Prince Mohammed.
In the appeal, Prince Mohammed “apologized for not being able to participate in the Arab summit to be held on November 1 in Algiers, in accordance with the recommendations of doctors advising him not to travel,” he said.
“For his part, the president said he understood the scenario and regretted the inability of Crown Prince His Highness Emir Mohammed Bin Salman to express his health and well-being. “
A representative of the Saudi state news firm stated a call between Tebboune and the prince, but did not give a word on the doctors’ advice. He said only that the call was about “aspects of bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries” and an imaginable articulation. cooperation.
The Arab League Summit in Algeria represents the first assembly of the regional framework since the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world.
The Arab League, founded in 1945, represents 22 nations from the Middle East and North Africa, though Syria has been suspended amid its long war. Although unified in calling for Palestinians to have an independent state, the framework has also been largely fragmented and unable to enforce its mandates.
Prince Mohammed came to power in 2015 as deputy crown prince and then crown prince about two years after King Salman ousted Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, a once-tough figure who led counterterrorism efforts by Saudi Arabia and a close U. S. ally.
Her rise to force saw the kingdom go through immediate changes, such as allowing women to drive and open movie theaters while loosening the grip of the ultraconservatives. coalition that organized an army crusade in Yemen.
U. S. intelligence The U. S. government linked Prince Mohammed to the killing and dismemberment of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of the prince’s policies in 2018. Closed doors
Recently, the prince has received a strong complaint from the United States about Saudi Arabia that leads OPEC and allied countries to agree to a cut of 2 million barrels per day in oil production.