Saudi Crown Prince visits Jordan in thaw in ties

June 22nd, 2022

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman talks to Jordan's King Abdullah II (L) during the Future Investment Initiative FII conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh on 23 October 2018. [FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images]

Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, arrived on Tuesday in Jordan as ties thaw after years of frayed relations due to divergent views on regional conflicts and unfulfilled pledges of aid, officials said, Reuters reports. The first such visit in years by the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia comes at a time, officials say, when Jordan's economy is struggling with the economic knock-on effects of the Ukraine war. "This is an opportunity for a new phase in Jordanian-Saudi ties and to continue a programme of economic projects and new investments," a senior Jordanian official told Reuters. Business leaders and officials hope it will unblock at least $3 billion of investment projects that Saudi Arabia committed to in recent years but which never materialised. […] Source

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