Saudi Arabia shelved plans for Mohammed bin Salman to visit London in the past few days, according to UK officials, shortly before the crown prince hosted Vladimir Putin in Riyadh.
UK and Saudi officials have been in discussions about a visit by the crown prince this year for months, said officials from both countries. UK officials said they had been working towards December 3 as a possible arrival date.
The provisional plan was delayed last week, the UK officials said. Putin met the crown prince in Riyadh on Wednesday December 6 after visiting the UAE, the Russian president’s first trip to the region since launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.