Jeddah Summit: Qataris make rare foray into Saudi Arabia


Issue 1088 - 20 Sep 2019 | 1 minute read

Qatari officials made a rare visit to Saudi Arabia in mid-September to take part in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) extraordinary meeting, called by Riyadh to discuss comments by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he planned to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank if he won re-election on 17 September poll. The Qatari delegation was led by minister of state for foreign affairs Sultan Bin Saad Al-Muraikhi.

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