RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh.

The leaders held a meeting, Saudi Press Agency reported.

Earlier on Monday, Starmer and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed 鈥渟hared their perspectives on the evolving situation in Syria,鈥� the prime minister鈥檚 office said.

The prime minister also visited the  in Abu Dhabi as part his state visit to the UAE.

Starmer, on his first visit to the region since winning power earlier this year, is due to visit Cyprus after leaving Riyadh.