RIYDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was set to press US President Donald Trump to personally intervene to help end the war in Sudan during talks in Washington on Tuesday, five people familiar with the matter said. The sources — two Arab diplomats and three western diplomats — said the Saudi Crown Prince believed Trump’s direct pressure was needed to break a logjam in talks to end more than two and a half years of war.
In raising the issue with Trump, Saudi Arabia is seeking to appeal to the US president’s view of himself as a peacemaker, the sources said, with Trump having said repeatedly that he was seeking a Nobel Peace Prize for his work to address global conflicts. The Saudi government’s media office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Saudi plan to discuss Sudan with Trump was earlier reported by the Middle East Eye website. — Reuters
