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October 24, 2018

Saudi Crown Prince Gets Applause, Cuts Deals at Investment Summit
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Elsewhere in Riyadh, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a
standing ovation Tuesday as he made a surprise appearance at the opening
of a Saudi investors forum dubbed "Davos in the Desert." The prince is
due to make his first public remarks since Khashoggi's death at the
conference today. As the summit got underway, officials said the
state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco had signed 15 agreements with
foreign investors-including six with U.S. companies-worth $34 billion.
An unnamed financial services executive from the East Coast of the U.S.
who attended the conference told The Washington Post, "It's unfortunate,
obviously, and we hope the regime will listen and change. But they do
things their own way here."


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