RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Thursday after a China-Arab summit hosted by Riyadh that the kingdom wants to cooperate with both the United States and China – economic rivals – and that while competition was good, polarisation was not.
Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, asked in a news conference about Washington’s denial of Saudi mediation efforts in a Russia-U.S. prisoner swap – said he was aware of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s “personal mediation efforts” to release U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner.
(Reporting by Maha El Dahan and Aziz El Yaakoubi; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
