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With time running out for President Trump’s remaining term in the White House, his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner will travel to Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
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Jared Kushner to visit Saudi Arabia this week (Archive)
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner will visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week “in an effort to achieve diplomatic victories in the region” before leaving the White House, media reported Sunday. .
Israeli channel “Kan” said that one of the main topics on the visit agenda is work on reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Reuters quoted a senior US official as saying that Kushner will meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the city of Neom and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha.
The US “Wall Street Journal” reported that the visit will focus in particular on resolving the existing dispute between Qatar and the Saudi-led coalition, but there may be a number of other issues on the agenda.
Kushner will be accompanied on this visit by Avi Berkowitz, the president’s adviser on the Middle East, and Brian Hook, a former US envoy to Iran, the newspaper added.
Kushner tried to close many deals in the region and befriended Gulf personalities, including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, after time ran out for Trump, who would have to leave the White House, after the president-elect Joe Biden was sworn in on the 20th. Next January.
Kushner’s visit to the region comes days after the assassination of the great Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in a process for which Tehran accuses “Israel” of being responsible and which caused the escalation of tensions in the region.
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