Saudi crown prince offers condolences after death of former Italian president

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a cable of condolences to the president of Italy on the death of former president Giorgio Napolitano, Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday.

In the cable to President Sergio Mattarella, the crown prince said: “I express to your excellency and the family of the deceased my deepest condolences and sincere sympathy, wishing you constant good health.”

Napolitano, a onetime communist who helped to steer his country through a debt crisis in 2011, died on Friday aged 98.