RIYADH – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, the ruler of the oil-rich kingdomcriticised US President Donald Trump’s controversial decision to recogniseJerusalem as Israel’s capital and shift the US embassy there.

“We reiterate our rejection of the US decision on Jerusalem. East Jerusalemis an integral part of the Palestinian territories.” he added.

King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud said he had named this year’s meeting theJerusalem summit so that ‘the entire world knows Palestine and its peopleremain at the heart of Arab concerns’.

He also announced a $150 million donation for the maintenance of Islamicheritage in East Jerusalem.

The meeting opened only 24 hours after the US, UK and France launched acoordinated strike at Syrian capital for alleged use of chemical weapons byBashar al Assad regime.

Though Saudi king asserted its stance on Palestine, his son and heirapparent Mohammed bin Salman divulged a different viewpoint on the issue, afew days ago.

In an interview with US magazine The Atlantic, Mohammad bin Salman, knownby the initials MBS expressed that Israel had a ‘right’ to a homeland.

“I believe that each people, anywhere, has a right to live in theirpeaceful nation and Palestinians and the Israelis have the right to havetheir own land,” said the defacto leader of the state, home to Islam’sholiest sites.

The 32-year-old prince, who winded up his three week US tour, continuedthat ‘we have to have a peace agreement to assure the stability foreveryone and to have normal relations.’