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When Saudi Arabia’s crown prince cut his visit to Kuwait last September to just a few hours, observers in the small oil-rich state were aghast at the break in diplomatic protocol.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s perceived snub came after difficult talks over plans to reopen oilfields shared between the countries which have been closed since 2015, and differences over how best to approach geopolitical tensions in the region.
At the time Kuwait’s foreign ministry, led by Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Sabah, denied any snub had occurred and…
