DUBAI: Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and de facto leader, will not attend next week’s Group of Seven summit in Canada, a senior diplomat briefed on plans told Reuters on Thursday. The crown prince, widely known as MBS, did not give a reason for declining Canada’s invitation to the annual gathering, the diplomat said.



Saudi Arabia is not a G7 member but can be invited as a guest to its annual gathering, which will be held this year in Kananaskis in the Canadian Rockies, from June 15-17.



MBS has rarely travelled internationally in recent years, and declined an invitation to the G7 Summit in Italy last year.—Reuters