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France's Macron arrives in Saudi Arabia for unscheduled visit during Gulf tour
Fleur Hargreaves · Middle East Eye
Published 22 Oct 2026, 2:49 am·2 h ago·1 min read
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France's Macron arrives in Saudi Arabia for unscheduled visit during Gulf tour French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Riyadh on Wednesday, in an unscheduled "solidarity" stop as part of a Gulf tour to develop strategic partnerships with visits to Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain. The French leader said he had secured pledges of additional energy supplies from Gulf partners, in an effort to lower energy costs amid growing protests over the cost of living crisis in France. Macron is the first Western leader to visit the kingdom since Yemen's Houthis intensified their…
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