Sultan, who has spent nearly 12 weeks at his palace in Agadir, returned on Sunday, according to SPA. He will take up the reins during Abdullah's absence. Sultan, 85, who has served as defence minister for the past five decades, has himself been receiving treatment for the past two years for what analysts and diplomats believe to be cancer.
King Abdullah, 86, is due to depart later Monday to the United States for treatment of a herniated disc and blood accumulation around the spine, a painful but treatable spinal ailment. Abdullah, king since 2005, had reduced his duties since June this year over health problems which were never previously officially disclosed.
Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabeeah told state television late Sunday that the monarch was "in a stable state and is well." He will "undergo further medical examination and continued treatment ... at a centre specialising in spinal problems" in the United States, the minister said.
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