American president Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner is to return to the Middle East this week to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
He will be looking to secure further normalisation agreements between Israel and Arab countries, following a series of pacts successfully reached in recent months with the UAE, Bahrain and Sudan, according to a US official reported by Reuters.
He will also attempt to resolve the three-year-old rift between the Saudis and Qatar and also has a meeting lined up with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamin bin Hamid al-Thani.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE imposed sanctions on Qatar in 2017, claiming it supported terrorism, which the Gulf state denies.
