沙特國王不擬參加美國 阿拉伯峯會

Saudi Arabia's King Salman will not take part in a U.S.-Arab summit hosted this week by President Barack Obama, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Sunday, canceling also a planned White House meeting that had been announced only days earlier.

The summit begins Wednesday with delegations from the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council visiting the White House, then continues Thursday with talks at the president's Camp David retreat.

Jubeir said King Salman will send Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef in his place. He cited the summit's overlap with a five-day cease-fire and humanitarian effort in neighboring Yemen where Saudi Arabia has led a campaign of airstrikes against anti-government fighters.

An Obama administration official said the change was "not in response to any substantive issue."沙特阿拉伯國王薩勒曼不準備參加美國總統奧巴馬將於本星期主持召開的美國 - 阿拉伯峯會。沙特外交大臣阿祖貝爾星期日說，幾天前宣佈計劃在白宮舉行的一次會談也被取消。

峯會將於星期三召開，海灣合作委員會六個成員國的代表團將造訪白宮，星期四在美國總統度假地戴維營繼續進行會談。

阿祖貝爾說，薩勒曼國王將委派納伊夫代爲出席峯會。他解釋說，這次峯會的時間與也門五天停火以及人道救援行動的時間重疊。此前沙特領導一個阿拉伯聯盟對也門的反政府武裝進行空襲。

奧巴馬政府一名官員說，這一改變“並非針對任何實質問題作出的反應”。