Ahmadinejad visits KSA amid crises
Afp, Riyadh
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was due in Saudi Arabia on Saturday for talks with King Abdullah expected to focus on the sectarian bloodshed in Iraq, the crisis in Lebanon and Tehran's nuclear row with the West. The hardline Iranian leader will meet the king, whom he previously saw at an Islamic summit in Mecca in December 2005, after flying into Riyadh, a Saudi official said. An Iranian diplomatic source said that Ahmadinejad, who will arrive at around 1300 GMT, will stay only a few hours in the kingdom. Relations between the two regional heavyweights have been strained over non-Arab Iran's growing influence in Iraq and its perceived backing of Shia militias at war with the once-ruling Sunni minority there.
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