Mohammed bin Salman Keeps Blinken Waiting for Hours Before Meeting

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was scheduled to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Saturday evening as part of his tour of six Arab countries to discuss the escalation between Israel and Gaza. However, the Crown Prince kept him waiting for hours, only meeting him the following morning, according to the American newspaper "Washington Post." At the beginning of the meeting, bin Salman emphasized the need to halt military operations "that have claimed the lives of innocents," referring to the Israeli attack, and to lift the "blockade on Gaza." An American official confirmed that the meeting between the U.S. Secretary and the Crown Prince in Riyadh lasted about an hour in the early morning at a royal residence on a farm in the Riyadh area.