Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Activists interacted on social media with the visit of Ammar al-Hakim, the leader of the Iraqi Wisdom Movement, to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and his meeting with the Crown Prince, Prince Muhammad bin Salman.
Activists raised speculation regarding the reasons and timing of Al-Hakim’s visit to the Kingdom, following the head of the Al-Hikma Movement published a series of tweets in which he said: “We met at the beginning of our visit to the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, where we emphasized in the meeting the close historical relations between the two brotherly peoples.” and ways to strengthen and document it.
He continued: “We discussed the developments in the Iraqi arena, and we emphasized that dialogue between the various parties is the best way to reach satisfactory solutions to the current political impasse in Iraq, and we stressed that the solutions must remain Iraqi without any external pressures.”
He added: “Regionally, we praised the humanitarian truce in Yemen with the need to establish it and put final solutions to the crisis of this long-suffering Arab country. We also referred to the importance of stability on both sides of the Gulf and praised the Iraqi role in mediating between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its positive repercussions on the peoples of Region”.
For its part, the official Saudi Press Agency stated that “during the reception, Saudi-Iraqi relations and a number of issues of common interest were reviewed, in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Minister of Defense, and His Excellency the Minister of State, Member of the Cabinet, National Security Adviser, Dr. Musaed bin Muhammad Al-Aiban, and the Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the Republic of Iraq, Abdulaziz Al-Shammari.. On the Iraqi side, the Vice-President of the Wisdom Movement, Mr. Mohsen Al-Hakim, attended.
