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Report: Trump’s Mideast envoy visited Saudi crown prince, normalization among the topics discussed
FILE - Steve Witkoff speaks on the final night of the Republican National Convention, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
US President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff visited Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and met Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, Axios reports, citing two sources with knowledge of the meeting.
One of the sources says that Witkoff and the Saudi royal, known by his initials MBS, discussed US-Saudi ties, the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, potential normalization between Riyadh and Jerusalem and other matters.
Massad Boulos, appointed by Trump as a senior adviser on Arab and Middle East issues, met the Qatari prime minister in Doha this week, Axios also reports.
