Saudi Crown Prince to Meet with Trump, Putin, May at G20 on Saturday

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Reuters)
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Reuters)
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Saudi Crown Prince to Meet with Trump, Putin, May at G20 on Saturday

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Reuters)
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Reuters)

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, is scheduled to hold talks in Osaka on Saturday with US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May.

The Saudi royal was in Osaka to head the Kingdom’s delegation at the G20 summit. He had arrived in the city on Thursday after carrying out an official two-day visit to South Korea.

Bloomberg news said that the Crown Prince and Trump will have breakfast on 8:30 am on Saturday on the sidelines of the summit. Trump is then set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

A spokeswoman for May said that she and the Crown Prince are set to discuss the situation in the Gulf and the crisis in Yemen.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had on Tuesday revealed that preparations were underway for a meeting between Crown Prince Mohammed and Putin on June 29.



Saudi Defense Minister Meets with French Ambassador

Prince Khalid bin Salman met on Monday with French Ambassador to the Kingdom Ludovic Pouille. Photo: Saudi Ministry of Defense
Prince Khalid bin Salman met on Monday with French Ambassador to the Kingdom Ludovic Pouille. Photo: Saudi Ministry of Defense
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Saudi Defense Minister Meets with French Ambassador

Prince Khalid bin Salman met on Monday with French Ambassador to the Kingdom Ludovic Pouille. Photo: Saudi Ministry of Defense
Prince Khalid bin Salman met on Monday with French Ambassador to the Kingdom Ludovic Pouille. Photo: Saudi Ministry of Defense

Saudi Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz met on Monday with French Ambassador to the Kingdom Ludovic Pouille.

During the meeting in Riyadh, they reviewed relations between the two friendly countries and several issues of mutual interest.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Defense Prince Abdulrahman bin Mohammed bin Ayyaf, Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili, Assistant Minister of Defense for Executive Affairs Khaled bin Hussein Al-Biyari, and Office of the Minister of Defense Director General Hisham bin Abdulaziz bin Saif.