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Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa said on 8 February that Arab leaders should make popular demands for political freedoms a “priority”,

Meetings

SALMAN BIN HAMAD: Comments on freedom; SENIOR AL-SAUD: Meetings with international dignitaries; NAYEF BIN ABDELAZIZ: Jeddah floods leadership; AL-SAUD: Marriages and funerals; BADR BIN ABDELAZIZ: Overseas trip; TURKI BIN TALAL: Tribal mediation

KING ABDULLAH: Return to Morocco. CROWN PRINCE SULTAN: Remains in public eye. KHALID BIN SULTAN: Military meetings. KHALID BIN. MOHAMMED BIN NAYEF: Bouteflika meeting. ABDELAZIZ BIN FAHD: High-profile wedding/ NAYEF BIN SULTAN: December wedding. FAISAL BIN ABDULLAH: Wellington interest. NAWWAF BIN FAISAL BIN FAHD: New Youth Welfare head. PRINCES: Funerals. RIMA BINT BANDAR: Comments on women drivers

Ruler Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al-Qasimi has issued an emiri decree (23/2010) appointing his son Sheikh Mohammed as crown prince

Sheikh Abdullah, a son of Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani has been in Jordan to offer condolences to King Abdullah II

Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Saeed has received various visitors, some in connection with the Sultanate’s 40th anniversary celebrations.

‘US should rely on Saudi oil’, Serious concerns over Hajj, Visit to Beirut, Death of Hessa Bint Khalid

Foreign minister and premier Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani travelled to Lebanon on 22 November. Heir apparent Sheikh Tamim has been in Singapore for high-level meetings.

Ahead of the visit of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, senior Al-Nahyan were busy meeting foreign dignitaries.

Following a late October state visit to the UK, Emir Sheikh Hamad made a high-profile visit to Moscow.

Chinese visit boosts ties

Meetings with Hariri and Hamad, GCC meeting in Kuwait, Savoy hotel re-opening, Marriage, Caucasus tour, Outspoken comments on Israel

After nearly two years out of the limelight, former Saudi ambassador to Washington Prince Bandar Bin Sultan Al-Saud made a high-profile return to the Kingdom in mid-October. Several senior princes met him at the airport, including General Intelligence Directorate chief Prince Miqrin Bin Abdelaziz, assistant defence minister Prince Khalid Bin Sultan, assistant interior minister Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, state minister and head of the Cabinet Presidency Court Prince Abdelaziz Bin Fahd, Prince Faisal Bin Khalid Bin Sultan (adviser to his uncle, Crown Prince Sultan) and National Security Council assistantsecretary-general Prince Salman Bin Sultan.

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was in London for talks on 25 October with British Prime Minister David Cameron. Foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan has been on a tour of Asia. In Vietnam, he held talks with President Nguyen Minh Triet, prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung and foreign minister Pham Gia Khiem.