Trump set to host Saudi Crown Prince

MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN TO MAKE FIRST RETURN TO US IN OVER 7 YEARS

- BY STEPHEN N. R. Senior Associate Editor

US President Donald Trump will host Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman at the White House today, with a full welcome ceremony in the morning followed by a dinner in the evening.

"We're more than meeting," Trump said late Friday while en route to Florida for the weekend. "We're honouring Saudi Arabia, the Crown Prince."

Abraham Accords

Today's visit will be the prince's first return to the White House in more than seven years. Trump has forged a close rapport with him and hopes Saudi Arabia will soon normalise relations with Israel — a cornerstone goal of his Abraham Accords initiative.

"The Abraham Accords will be a part we're going to be discussing," Trump said Friday. "I hope that Saudi Arabia will be going into the Abraham Accords fairly shortly."

The prince last visited Washington in 2018.

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