Saudi king chairs cabinet meeting for first time since September


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  • Tuesday, 19 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired a virtual cabinet meeting from his office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 28, 2024. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman chaired the weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday, according to state television, for the first time since Sept. 24.

The 88-year-old king of the world's biggest oil exporter, a major U.S. ally in the Middle East, recovered in October from lung inflammation after undergoing medical tests.

His last cabinet meeting in September came after a royal decree a month earlier allowing the cabinet to convene in the absence of both himself and the prime minister, his son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

He also received medical care for lung inflammation in May, but chaired a cabinet meeting a week later with state TV broadcasting footage of him leading the meeting via video conference.

(Reporting by Nayera Abdallah, Editing by Nadine Awadalla and Ros Russell)

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