Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad, Merkel and FPB-41s dealnote

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Nayef Bin Abdulaziz, who also acts as Interior Minister, held a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel earlier this week in Jeddah. The following 280-word report sheds more light on the meeting and tells what about the outcome, notably on what concerns a deal for fast patrol boats of type FPB-41 from Lürssen in favor of the Saudi Coast Guard. [Partly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 24/18 – May 5, 2017]