Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Monday discussed military cooperation between the two countries and other issues over the phone. According to the Saudi foreign ministry, the army chief also inquired after the health of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. It said that the crown prince thanked the army chief for extending “sincere feelings”. King Salman was discharged from the hospital on May 16 following a colonoscopy the previous week, the royal court said in a statement on state media. Saudi TV ran a video clip showing the monarch walking slowly using a cane as he left King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the city of Jeddah, where he was admitted on the evening of May 7.
