Saudi Arabia: Prince Saud Al-Faisal in Paris

Prince Saud Al-Faisal, settling into his new role as supervisor of foreign affairs rather than minister, had a meeting in Paris on 12 May with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, in which he briefed them on “previous contacts he made”, ahead of the GCC-US summit in Washington/Camp David the next day. He was also at a meeting of GCC foreign ministers in Riyadh on 30 April – which Adel Al-Jubeir, appointed foreign minister just the previous day, did not attend.