A screen displays images of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) and Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa at the annual Future Investment Initiative conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on 26 October 2021 (AFP)
Middle East Eye: Saudi Arabia snubs US officials ahead of 'Davos in the Desert'
Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan and big name investors Ray Dalio, Steve Schwarzman slated to attend event despite political tensions
US government officials have not been invited to a Saudi investment conference planned for later this month, with the organiser saying they did not want the gathering "to become a political platform".
The decision not to invite American officials, a departure from previous years, comes as tensions rise between longtime partners Washington and Riyadh over the Saudi-led OPEC+ cartel's recent vote to cut oil production by up to two million barrels per day from November.
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Update: US officials not invited to Saudi investment conference, says organiser (Middle East Monitor)
WNU editor: Everyone else has been invited, but not the US. This is not an oversight.
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