Politics
First high-level Saudi–UAE visit since ties soured
September 29, 2026 at 01:56 AM
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السعودية والإمارات: "زيارة أخوية" رفيعة المستوى بين الرياض وأبو ظبي تختبر فرص تجاوز الخلافات - BBC News عربي
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نائب الرئيس الإماراتى يزور السعودية غدا الثلاثاء - اليوم السابع
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منصور بن زايد يتوجه غدا إلى المملكة العربية السعودية
(opens the publisher’s site)Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman has invited UAE Vice President Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed for a Tuesday visit, the highest-level meeting since relations deteriorated.
- Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman invited UAE Vice President Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed to Riyadh on Tuesday, both state news agencies confirmed.
- Sheikh Mansour will travel to the kingdom for what the UAE's state news agency WAM described as a "fraternal visit."
- The trip is the highest-level announced contact since the neighbors backed rival factions in Yemen's southern conflict last year.
- It comes as Yemen's Houthis escalate missile and drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities, airports, and the capital.