Saudi crown prince snubbed in Algeria, delays Jordan visit amid Khashoggi crisis
Tehran (KNA) - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has reportedly postponed a planned visit to Jordan after getting the cold shoulder in Algeria, where President Abdelaziz Bouteflika scrapped a meeting with him, citing flu.
Bin Salman, who has been struggling over the past weeks to distance himself from a scandal over the gruesome murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, arrived in Algeria late Sunday for a two-day visit following a stop in Mauritania.
The trip is part of a tour of Arab countries that the Saudi crown prince has resumed after attending the G20 summit in Argentina on the weekend. He traveled to the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and Tunisia before the event.
Bin Salman's visits have been overshadowed by Khashoggi's assassination inside Riyadh's Istanbul consulate in early October - which is believed to have been ordered by the powerful prince - as well as the bloody war he has been leading against Yemen since early 2015.
Source: PressTV