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The crown prince has been making the argument for the last five years that it's in America's interest that Saudi Arabia maintains very good ties with Russia and China,
said Ali Shihabi, author and commentator on the politics and economics of Saudi Arabia
Trump is a peacemaker in a hurry, with his eye on the Nobel Prize. [The prince] is a dealmaker in a hurry, with his eye on the Saudi Vision 2030 economic diversification plan,
Blumenfeld addedSaudi Arabia was insisting on maintaining a multipolar policy while maintaining very strong ties with the United States,
he told VOAI have the power to end this war,
Trump said from Mar-a-Lago, his residence in Florida, dismissing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's concern that Kyiv was excluded from the Riyadh meetingWell, you've been there for three years, you should have ended it,
he said of Zelenskyy in response to a reporter's questionI don’t think there’s another place where the leader has such a good personal relationship with both Trump and Putin,
Saudi commentator Ali Shihabi said, ... adding that
By facilitating President Trump’s stated goal of ending the Ukraine war, Saudi Arabia is well-positioned to accumulate goodwill in Washington. The kingdom, which is scheduled to host a mini-Arab summit on Friday, could capitalize on its rising stock with the Trump administration to help bridge the gap between the US and Arab positions on the fate of Gaza,
said Hasan Alhasan, senior fellow for Middle East policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in BahrainAchieving lasting and just peace is impossible without the Palestinian people obtaining their legitimate rights in accordance with international resolutions, as has been previously clarified to both the former and current U.S. administrations,
the kingdom said in a statement earlier this month in reaction to Trump’s Gaza planWe know the crown prince, and I think it’d be a very good place to be,
Trump said Wednesday in the Oval OfficeWe can work on positive things for Saudi Arabia and America and also for many countries around the world,
the prince saidI’ll be asking the crown prince, who’s a fantastic guy, to round it out to around $1 trillion,
he told the World Economic Forum in DavosHe has a very strong friendship with President Trump and behind the scenes he was encouraging and using and looking for the right result and it was helpful, it really was,
Witkoff, Trump’s envoy who helped secure the swap, said afterward
We are glad to work with you and with President Trump,
the prince said Monday ahead of a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who will join national security adviser Mike Waltz and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff for Tuesday’s talks with the Russians at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in RiyadhIt’ll be soon, we’ll see what happens,
Trump said Sunday