Source: The daily Beast
Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the 30-year-old son of the king and ever more obviously the heir apparent, is just winding up a fairly low profile public relations tour of the United States. Last week he met with President Barack Obama in Washington. This week he got together with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in New York. In between he visited Silicon Valley and talked up his Vision 2030 program to overhaul and modernize Saudi Arabia’s economy.
But MBS, as he’s known, has attracted the world’s attention since his appointment as deputy crown prince and minister of defense early last year mainly for his often heavy-handed efforts, including a war in Yemen, to contain and roll back Iranian influence in the region.
When MBS met with Obama, according to the official read-out, they discussed “Iran’s destabilizing activities and agreed to explore avenues that could lead to a de-escalation of tensions.”
Categories: Asia, Saudi Arabia
With the war in Yemen this ‘Royal Highness’ is bankrupting Saudi Arabia (at the time of low oil prices). Will there be a ‘Palace Coup’ to save Saudi Arabia from a fate of let’s say ‘Greece’? Or will a raise in oil prices save them? We shall see …