Rabat, April 19 -- "Concordant sources" close to the Moroccan royal palace have indicated that King Mohammed VI will visit Saudi Arabia as early as next week, a number of Moroccan outlets have reported.

Starting on April 24, the Moroccan monarch will allegedly embark on a trip to Riyadh and Jeddah. Without elaborating, sources told Moroccan outlet Le 360 that King Mohammed VI will have audiences with both King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS.

Neither strong allies nor vested enemies

The news comes on the heels of uncertain relations between Saudi Arabia and Morocco.

In the last months, assessing the extent of Morocco-Saudi friction became more increasingly difficult with a series of mixed messages that t...