Mohammed bin Salman

March 29, 2026 9:35 AM

PM Modi discusses West Asia situation with Saudi Crown Prince, stresses secure shipping routes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a telephonic conversation with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman to discuss the escalating situation in West Asia and its wider implications. In a post on X, PM Modi said, “Spoke with Crown Prince and PM of Saudi Arabia, HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman and discussed the ongoing conflict in West Asia. I reiterated India’s condemnation of attacks on regional energy infrastructure." "We agreed on the need to ensur...

March 2, 2026 10:27 PM

Russia’s Putin, Saudi crown prince discuss Iran escalation risks

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed risks of escalation around Iran in a phone call with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday, the Kremlin said in a statement. "Both sides expressed serious concern about the real risks of the conflict spreading, which has already affected the territories of a number of Arab countries and could have catastrophic consequences," the Kremlin said. Putin told Mohammed bin Salman that there is an urgent need to resolve this "extremely dan...

November 19, 2025 3:55 PM

Elon Musk attends Trump’s dinner with Saudi crown prince

Elon Musk joined a dinner with U.S President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House on Tuesday, the second joint public appearance since a bitter public feud earlier this year. Musk's attendance could be a sign of reconciliation in a turbulent relationship between the Tesla CEO and the U.S. president. Musk supported and funded Trump's election last year and became a close adviser to his administration early this year, leading the Department of Government Eff...

November 18, 2025 9:10 AM

Trump says ‘we’ll be selling’ F-35s to Saudi Arabia

President Donald Trump said on Monday he plans to approve the sale of U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, speaking a day before he hosts Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for a day of diplomacy. "I will say that we will be doing that," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "We'll be selling the F-35s." A sale would mark a significant policy shift, potentially altering the military balance in the Middle East and testing Washington's definition of maintaining Israel's "qualitati...

November 17, 2025 10:48 AM

Saudi crown prince visits US with defence, AI and nuclear on the agenda

A visit by Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler to the White House for talks on Tuesday with U.S. President Donald Trump aims to deepen decades-old cooperation on oil and security while broadening ties in commerce, technology and potentially even nuclear energy. It will be the first trip by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the U.S. since the 2018 killing of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Istanbul, which caused a global uproar. U.S. intelligence concluded that MBS approved the captu...

November 9, 2025 5:07 PM

Before talks with Trump, Saudi Arabia doubles down on terms for Israel ties

U.S. President Donald Trump has been talking up the prospects of Saudi Arabia agreeing to normalise ties with Israel, but it is unlikely to happen when Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the White House this month. The establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia after decades of enmity could shake up the political and security landscape in the Middle East, potentially strengthening U.S. influence in the region. Trump said last month he hoped Saudi Arabia wo...

May 14, 2025 8:50 AM

Trump says US to lift Syria sanctions, secures $600 billion Saudi deal

President Donald Trump kicked off his trip to the Gulf on Tuesday with a surprise announcement that the United States will lift long-standing sanctions on Syria, and a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia to invest in the U.S. The U.S. agreed to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly $142 billion, according to the White House which called it the largest "defense cooperation agreement" Washington has ever done. The end of sanctions on Syria would be a huge boost for a country that ...

June 7, 2024 3:19 PM

Saudi Arabia Crown Prince congratulates PM Modi on triumph in general elections

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has extended congratulations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his party's triumph in India's recently concluded general elections, highlighting the strong diplomatic relations between the two nations. "HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman congratulates the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his political party's victory in the general elections," the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on Friday. PM Modi is set for an unprecedented thi...

September 16, 2024 5:45 PM

Saudi Arabia may announce landmark Aramco share offering

Saudi Arabia may announce a landmark secondary share offering in oil giant Aramco later on Thursday, pending final approval, people with knowledge of the matter said. Final approval would come from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The share offering is expected to be launched on Sunday, the sources said. The offering is the culmination of a years-long effort to sell another chunk in one of the world's most valuable companies after its record-setting IPO in 2019 that raised $29.4 billion. Sou...