MBS: US VISIT

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Meets with U.N. Secretary General in New York

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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman continued his active visit to the United States yesterday, attending a business meeting in New York with over 200 executives, and later meeting with the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres.

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