Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was on July 20 admitted to King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh to receive some medical tests due to due to cholecystitis, Saudi Press Agency, the state news agency, quoted a Royal Court statement on Monday as saying.
The king is undergoing medical checks, the agency added, without giving details.
After the news, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi postponed a visit scheduled to Saudi Arabia, said Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said.
King Salman, the custodian of Islam’s holiest sites, spent more than 2-1/2 years as the Saudi crown prince and deputy premier from June 2012 before becoming king.
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