A London-based news outlet said it had documents showing the Saudi hand behind Imran Khan's decision to skip the event. FMTNews KLSummit
Dr Mahathir Mohamad flanked by Turkey’s president Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian president Hassan Rouhani at the KL Summit last December.
Citing documents it obtained, the Middle East Eye said the Saudi media ministry compiled a series of messages which local media organisations and commentators were instructed to issue. According to the documents, the objective of the campaign, apart from deriding the December summit, was also to highlight the role of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the aid that Saudi Arabia had given to the Islamic world, especially Palestine.
The summit also made headlines after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan cancelled his trip at the eleventh hour.
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