Saudi Crown Prince Expected in Morocco as King Mohammed VI Marks Throne Anniversary

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, "should soon travel to Tangier," report many media sources. He could stay in the palace that his father, King Salman, owns on the heights of the city of the strait, in the residential district of Jebel Kebir. If his stay in Tangier were to be confirmed, it should coincide with that of King Mohammed VI. The sovereign should spend his vacation in the North and take the opportunity to celebrate the 24th anniversary of his accession to the throne. A face-to-face meeting in sight between the two personalities? No information has been made public on this subject. Their last public appearance together dates back to April 2018. It was a chance meeting at the George-V hotel in Paris, in the presence of the Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, which was immortalized by a selfie.

A few months later, relations between Morocco and Saudi Arabia became strained due to Rabat’s neutrality in the crisis "which had pitted Riyadh as well as the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain against their Qatari neighbor." December 2021 will fortunately mark the warming of these relations, facilitated by the support of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - created at the initiative of Saudi Arabia in 1981 - for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara.