SAUDI KING HIMSELF GIVES NAJIB A SLAP IN THE FACE: KING SALMAN PERSONALLY INVITES DR M TO VISIT – IN WHAT IS SEEN AS AN ENDORSEMENT OF ADEL’S LATEST REVELATION SAUDI GOVT DID NOT ‘DONATE’ RM2.6 BILLION TO NAJIB

KING Salman Abdulaziz Al Saud has extended a personal invitation to Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad to visit Saudi Arabia soon.

The monarch’s special envoy, Turki Mohamed Fahd Al Saud, handed the invitation to Dr Mahathir at a meeting today at Perdana Putra.Foreign Affairs Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, who also attended the meeting, said the invitation is aimed at strengthening the existing good relations between the two countries.

“The prime minister expressed his thanks and will consider the right time for the visit as he is busy right now,” Saifuddin said after the meeting.

Saudi Arabian ambassador to Malaysia Mahmoud Hussien Saeed Qattan also attended the meeting.

Last Friday, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir called on Dr Mahathir.

– Bernama