The Saudi crown prince first visited the EU after the murdered journalist
Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Greece and France, on the first trip to Europe since journalist Khashoggi was murdered in 2018.
Saudi Agency Agency on July 26 announced that Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman came to Greece and was expected to go to France this weekend.
The three ministers and the large delegation of businesses accompany Mohammed to join the talks with the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens.
I pledged to you that when I came to Greece, I didn't go to empty hands.
The two sides plans to sign agreements on freight, energy and defense technology on July 27, according to the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left) shook hands with the Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Prime Minister's Office in Athens on July 26.
The trip took less than two weeks after US President Joe Biden went to Jeddah to attend the summit of Arab leaders and meet Prince Mohammed directly.
Jamal Khashoggi journalist was murdered in Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, 2018. His body has not been found.
The US intelligence agencies determined that Crown Prince Mohammed had implicitly approved the activities leading to the death of journalists, but Riyadh denied.
The visit of Crown Prince Mohammed to Europe shows that Western countries are trying to tighten the relationship with Saudi Arabia in the context of the Russian -Ukrainian conflict pushing oil prices to the highest level in more than a decade.
Saudi Arabia is under pressure from the US and European powers to increase the supply of oil but the largest crude oil producer in the world has resisted the pressure to increase the supply of oil, with the reason that has committed to the production schedule with OPEC+.
The United States and Arab Saudi recalled the commitment to stabilize the global energy market during the Middle East National Tourism of President Biden.
The recent fluctuations in the world have led Biden to gradually realize that Saudi Arabia is a very important ally and cannot continue to keep the tense attitude.
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