(12.4.2018) Spain‘s King Felipe VI met with Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who serves as defence minister and also controls economic policy for the world‘s top oil exporter, at the Zarzuela Palace on the outskirts of Madrid, before hosting a luncheon in his honour attended by senior Spanish officials and businessmen. The Saudi prince then held talks behind closed doors with Defence Minister Maria Dolores Cospedal and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.