Saudi Arabia's King Salman arrived in Qatar on Monday (December 5th) as part of a rare regional tour ahead of the annual summit of Arab leaders of Gulf states, AFP reported.
The trip comes at the time deadly conflicts rage in Syria, Iraq and Yemen.
Salman began his tour in the UAE, a key pillar of an Arab coalition that has been battling the Iran-backed Houthis (Ansarallah) in Yemen since March 2015.
After Qatar, he will travel on to Kuwait and Bahrain, which is to host this year's Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) summit. His trip excludes Oman.
British Prime Minister Theresa May, visiting the Gulf for the first time since she came to office in July, will attend the two-day GCC summit which begins December 6th.
