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The mediator in the desert
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen It wasn't so long ago that people in Riyadh didn't pick up the phone when the (actually allied) White House called. The then US President Joe Biden had previously called the strong man in Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, a "pariah". Because of his alleged involvement in a particularly gruesome murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who had broken with MBS, was murdered there, dismembered and presumably dissolved in acid.
It was also not long ago that women in Saudi Arabia were not allowed to drive and had to wear a black full-body veil. There were no cinemas, no discos, etc.
Today you can dance, women can drive and the abaya is no longer compulsory. And MBS is the most popular Saud ever in a country that is four times the size of France but has only 35 million inhabitants (60% are under 30 years old). Although you can still end up in prison for criticizing too openly.
MBS is also at the center of international attention: the first Syria conference after the fall of Assad took place in Riyadh, the Arabs are discussing the reconstruction of Gaza in Riyadh, the Russian and American foreign ministers are negotiating in Riyadh, the delegations from the USA and Ukraine are meeting in Riyadh - and soon Trump and Putin.
The crown prince as mediator in the desert...
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