Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, held telephone talks on Tuesday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. They discussed several issues of common interest and reviewed bilateral relations that bind their countries. They also tackled the cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Italy in various fields and efforts to bolster and develop it.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Qatar on Tuesday for the final leg of a Gulf tour. Kishida is expected to hold talks with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and Minister of State for Energy and QatarEnegy's chief executive Saad Al Kaabi. Kishida was greeted at the airport by Minister of Economy and Industry Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad Al-Thani, the state-run Qatar News Agency reported. His visit reflects the keenness of the Qatari and Japanese leaderships to strengthen and develop bilateral relations and push them towards broader horizons.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, received in Jeddah on Monday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Edrogan for official talks that covered bilateral relations and cooperation between their countries. They also tackled regional and international developments and efforts exerted towards them. Erdogan had arrived in the Kingdom earlier on Monday on the first leg of a Gulf tour that will also take him to Qatar and then the United Arab Emirates.
Saido Royal Court Advisor Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Kattan has conveyed Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's verbal message to Republic of South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa, concerning bilateral relations and ways to enhance cooperation. This came during Kattan's visit to South Africa.
Following a documentary series published by Asharq Al-Awsat on the architecture of the Holy Mosque over a period of 1400 years, and which pointed, in its final part, to the role of King Saud University in designing the third Saudi expansion of the mosque, Saudi writer and researcher Bandar bin Abdul Rahman bin Moammar sheds light on the story of the design of the third Saudi expansion.