UNITED NATIONS: Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is due to meet UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday, the kingdom’s ambassador to the UN, Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, said on Saturday.
Al-Mouallimi told Reuters that the meeting had been confirmed for Wednesday.
“An official request has come to the office of the secretary-general for a meeting with the deputy crown prince and as soon as we’re able to confirm something we shall,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
The deputy crown prince will be in New York next week for meetings with business leaders after a visit to the US West Coast, UN officials told Reuters.
The meeting will focus on the ongoing campaign of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen to restore the UN-recognized government of President Abed Rabby Mansour Hadi.
The UN infuriated Riyadh by briefly blacklisting members of the coalition for allegedly killing children in Yemen, a charge that the coalition vehemently rejected.
The coalition includes Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Senegal and Sudan.
Al-Mouallimi told Reuters that the meeting had been confirmed for Wednesday.
“An official request has come to the office of the secretary-general for a meeting with the deputy crown prince and as soon as we’re able to confirm something we shall,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
The deputy crown prince will be in New York next week for meetings with business leaders after a visit to the US West Coast, UN officials told Reuters.
The meeting will focus on the ongoing campaign of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen to restore the UN-recognized government of President Abed Rabby Mansour Hadi.
The UN infuriated Riyadh by briefly blacklisting members of the coalition for allegedly killing children in Yemen, a charge that the coalition vehemently rejected.
The coalition includes Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Senegal and Sudan.
