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#1- Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman affirmed the Kingdom’s support to efforts aiming to resolve the Ukrainian-Russian crisis during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a meeting in Jeddah, state news agency SPA reported. The Crown Prince also discussed ways to mitigate the war’s humanitarian impact. Zelensky expressed his appreciation of efforts by Saudi Arabia to resolve the crisis.
Zelensky described the talks with the Crown Prince as “productive and energetic” with a focus on the planned peace summit for Ukraine set to be held on Saturday, Reuters reported. It’s unclear if the Crown Prince will attend the summit which saw Zelensky traveling abroad in recent weeks to build support and attendance for the summit.
A busy schedule for the Crown Prince: The Crown Prince also received Indonesian President-elect and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto in Jeddah, SPA reported. They discussed strengthening bilateral ties and regional and international developments.
#2- The Foreign Ministry has expressed the Kingdom’s condolences to Kuwait over a deadly building fire that killed dozens in Kuwaiti city Mangaf, it said in a post on X. At least 49 foreign workers were killed in the fire, with Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah saying that the “the greed of real estate owners is what leads to these matters,” according to Reuters. He did not elaborate on whether building violations could have resulted in the tragedy.
