query: where did the saudi foreign minister go to school

pos: Adel al-Jubeir cum laude" in political science and economics from the University of North Texas in 1982, and an M.A. in international relations from Georgetown University in 1984. In 2006, he received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the University of North Texas. In 1987, Al-Jubeir was appointed into the Saudi Diplomatic Service and posted to the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, DC, where he served as Special Assistant to then Ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan. It was in 1991 during the first Gulf War when Al-Jubeir first appeared to the world as a spokesman for the Saudi government.

pos: Turki bin Faisal Al Saud he graduated in 1963. He then attended the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, part of class of 1968 (alongside future U.S. President Bill Clinton). Turki also did further studies at Princeton, Cambridge, and the University of London, where he took courses in Islamic law and jurisprudence. After returning to the Kingdom, Turki was appointed an adviser in the Royal Court in 1973. Prince Turki began his political career as deputy to his uncle, Kamal Adham, and then, his successor as the head of Saudi Arabia's Al Mukhabarat Al A'amah (General Intelligence Directorate), a position he

neg: Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (January–April 2012) Syria rally behind the SNC. The meeting also called for the UN and Arab league to establish a peacekeeping force on the ground in Syria. The meeting called for tougher sanctions, as the European union announced that they would freeze Syria's assets within their country. The Tunisian president proposed in addition that the Syrian conflict be resolved with an amnesty deal for Bashar Assad, where Bashar Assad would resign take leave in Russia. The Saudi Arabian foreign minister left the meeting, claiming that the Friends of Syria did not go far enough to try to solve the crisis, and further

neg: Saudi Arabia and weapons of mass destruction manufactured in Pakistan by the request of Riyadh, are ready for delivery. Saudi Arabia's foreign minister neither rejected nor confirmed the possibility of purchasing nuclear weapons. Furthermore, Saudi royalty and other high-ranking officials have explicitly mentioned warnings in regards to their intention to obtain nuclear weapons if Iran were to come in possession of such weaponry. On 15 March 2018 Saudi defence minister and heir to the throne Prince Mohammad bin Salman made such a statement on the CBS 60 Minutes programme. According to the BBC, Saudi Arabian attempts to acquire ballistic missiles capable of fielding a nuclear warhead go

neg: China–Saudi Arabia relations the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 occurred in Beijing in June of that year, Saudi Arabian government relations with the PRC were upgraded. Despite the event, Saudi Arabia did not provide any criticism of the event. In fact, in August 1989, the Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry official presented his credentials to the PRC's foreign minister. Less than a year later in July 1990, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States paid a visit to Beijing with an agreement to establish diplomatic relations. A few days later, diplomatic relations were established in Riyadh. At this point, Saudi

neg: Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (), also known as Saud Al Faisal (; 2 January 1940 – 9 July 2015), was a Saudi diplomat and statesman who served as Saudi Arabia's foreign minister from 1975 to 2015. A member of the Saudi royal family, he was the longest-serving foreign minister in world history since Klemens von Metternich. Saud bin Faisal was born in Taif on 2 January 1940. He was the second son of King Faisal and Iffat Al-Thunayan. He attended the Hun School of Princeton and graduated from Princeton University

neg: Arab–American relations Arab League unanimously condemned the war, with the exception of Kuwait. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud publicly claimed that the U.S. military would not be authorized to use Saudi Arabia's soil in any way to attack Iraq. However, this was later revealed to have been a front, as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and some other Arab states did, in fact, provide support to American troops, but they did not wish to risk offending Saddam pre-war by making those statements publicly.() After ten years of U.S. presence in Saudi Arabia, cited among reasons by Saudi-born Osama bin Laden for his September 11,

neg: Negotiations leading to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action of State John Kerry, after meeting British and Omani foreign ministers in London and Saudi and French foreign ministers in Paris, was to arrive in Vienna for talks with Zarif and Ashton. Kerry's meetings with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal were considered critical. After his Paris talks with Kerry Saudi Foreign Minister was due to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. At IAEA meeting held on 20 November in Vienna the agency's Director General Yukiya Amano, referring to allegations related to Iran's engagement in weaponization activities, said that "Iran has not provided

neg: Manaf Tlass Bandar bin Sultan, newly appointed head of Saudi Intelligence. During the visit, Tlass did the rituals of the Umrah in Mecca. He confirmed his defection in an exclusive video for Saudi-based TV channel Al Arabiya and gave his first interview to the newspaper "Asharq Al-Awsat". Tlass then went to Turkey on 26 July 2012 where he met with the then Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and the undersecretary of National Intelligence Organization, Hakan Fidan. Tlass is a Sunni Muslim. He is married to Tala Kheir Tlass. His wife is from the Damascus upper middle class, the daughter of a Damascus

neg: Israel–Saudi Arabia relations Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia in April 2016, the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia said that his country would honor the terms of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty regarding the islands however they will have no direct contact with Israel over the matter. The Israeli government did not signal any opposition to the deal. Tzachi Hanegbi who heads the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee said that the deal does not threaten Israel and welcomed it as a closing of ranks by Sunni Arab states that share Israel's hostility to Iran, Hezbollah and the Islamist extremist

neg: Pervez Musharraf chief of naval staff. Musharraf's first foreign visit was to Saudi Arabia on 26 October where he met with King Fahd. After meeting senior Saudi royals, the next day he went to Medina and performed Umrah in Mecca. On 28 October, he went to United Arab Emirates before returning home. By the end of October, Musharraf appointed many technocrats and bureaucrats in his Cabinet, including former Citibank executive Shaukat Aziz as Finance Minister and Abdul Sattar as Foreign Minister. In early November, he released details of his assets to the public. In late December 1999, Musharraf dealt with his first

neg: Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel King Saud, and a diplomat at the Saudi Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. From 1958 to 1960, before being appointed foreign minister, he was the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Iraq. Al Sowayel was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by a royal decree of King Saud, and took office on 22 December 1960. His predecessor was Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (later King Faisal), and a close friend. With Faisal having held the office since its creation in 1930, Al Sowayel became the country's second foreign minister, and the first minister not a member of the Saudi royal family. Al Sowayel

neg: Iraq–Saudi Arabia relations from Amman to Baghdad. In 2014, former Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki stated that Saudi Arabia and Qatar started the civil wars in Iraq and Syria, and incited and encouraged terrorist movements, like ISIS and al-Qaeda, supporting them politically and in the media, with money and by buying weapons for them. Saudi Arabia denied the accusations which were criticised by the country, the Carnegie Middle East Center and the Royal United Services Institute. On February 25, 2017, Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir visited Iraq - the first such visit by a Saudi foreign minister since 1990. In August 2017,

neg: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia) Saud. Saud was the longest-serving foreign minister of any country in current political times, The ministry launched a magazine, "The Diplomat", in 2007. It was rumored in 2010 that the next foreign minister would be Prince Turki Al Faisal, Saud's younger brother, after Saud retired, which however did not occur. The senior officials in the ministry are as follows: The following is the list of foreign ministers since its foundation: The ministers of state for foreign affairs served are as follows: The building of the ministry is in Riyadh and was designed by Henning Larsen. It blends both vernacular and

neg: Canada–Saudi Arabia relations a number of important issues. Former Conservative Foreign Minister John Baird appeared on Saudi Al Arabiya television to comment on the dispute and urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fly to Riyadh to apologize in person to the Saudi royal family. Baird was working as a consultant and has business interests in Saudi Arabia at the time he made the comments, but in January 2015 while Foreign Affairs Minister, he had also protested Raif Badawi's case to the Saudis, specifically with Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, a prominent member of the Saud family. NDP MP Charlie Angus called the

neg: Saudi Arabian nationality law Saudi unless the Saudi Government revokes their Saudi Citizenship according to the terms of Article 13: takes up foreign Citizenship without permission of the Prime Minister; works for another country's military; works for the benefit of a foreign Government during wartime with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; works for a foreign Government or International Organisation despite the Saudi Government's order for them to quit. In 2018, Saudi citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 74 countries and territories, ranking the Saudi passport 60th in the world according to the Visa Restrictions Index. Saudi Arabian nationality law Saudi nationality

neg: Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud appointed as state minister for foreign affairs. Saud bin Faisal was the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia. He was appointed to the post in October 1975. His term ended on 29 April 2015 when he was replaced by Adel al-Jubeir, a former Saudi ambassador to the United States. On 13 October 1975, King Khalid appointed him as foreign minister. He currently holds the record for having been the world's longest-serving foreign minister. He was well regarded in the diplomatic community. He spoke seven languages: Arabic, English, Spanish, Hebrew, French, Italian, and German. In May 1985, he officially visited Iran and

neg: Canada–Qatar relations and conducted another official visit in 2013. Canada and Qatar were involved in a dispute over Qatar's bid to relocate the International Civil Aviation Organization from Montreal to Doha in 2013. In May of that year, Qatar withdrew its bid, stating that it did so to "preserve the close and historic friendship" between the two countries. In August 2018, Canada was embroiled in a spat with Saudi Arabia over a tweet by Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland who advocated for the release of detained human rights activists in Saudi Arabia, particularly Samar Badawi and Raif Badawi. In response, Saudi Arabia

neg: Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (January–April 2016) Nubl at village of Mu’arrassat al-Khan after a 3-days battle. A top Saudi defence chief said Saudi-Arabia is ready to send ground troops to Syria if the United States accepts it. The United Arab Emirates announced its intentions to deploy ground forces in Syria according to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash, however it added that United States lead was a prerequisite for the UAE. The Syrian Foreign Minister warned against a foreign ground intervention; saying that any foreign army troops entering Syria without government consent would "return home in wooden coffins", Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said,

neg: Governmental positions on the Iraq War prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq Jakarta and Java, Indonesia; Surabaya; and Bangkok, Thailand. Pre-war, Saudi Arabia's public position had been one of neutrality in the conflict; worldwide media reported that, despite numerous American attempts, Saudi Arabia would not offer the American military any use of its land as a staging ground for the invasion of Iraq. In an interview, Prince Saud Alfaysal, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister when asked whether Saudi Arabia would allow more US troops to be placed on Saudi soil, the foreign minister replied, "under the present circumstances with no proof that there is a threat imminent from Iraq, I do not think

neg: Salman of Saudi Arabia did Saud al-Faisal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ibrahim Al-Assaf as finance minister. Salman also "gave a bonus of two months' salary to all Saudi state employees and military personnel", including pensioners and students, while also asking citizens to "not forget me in your prayers". In February 2015, he received Prince Charles during his six-day tour in the Middle East. They "exchanged cordial talks and reviewed bilateral relations" between the countries. One of the first things the King and his son, Mohammad bin Salman, did was to streamline the government bureaucracy. On the death of King Abdullah, there

neg: Shia–Sunni relations cameras and promised "a thaw in relations between the two regional powers but stopped short of agreeing on any concrete plans to tackle the escalating sectarian and political crises throughout the Middle East." On his return to Tehran, Ahmadinejad declared that: Saudi officials had no comment about Ahmadinejad's statements, but the Saudi official government news agency did say: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz said: Effort to bring unity between Sunni and Shia Muslims had been attempted by Allama Muhammad Taqi Qummi. Shia–Sunni relations Shia and Sunni Islam are the two major denominations of Islam. They chose

neg: Mexico–Saudi Arabia relations Summit and met with Mexican President José López Portillo. In 1981, both nations opened embassies in each other's capital's, respectively. In June 2010, Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa Cantellano paid a visit to Saudi Arabia. In 2012, both countries celebrated the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. In March 2014, Mexican Foreign Minister José Antonio Meade also paid a visit to Saudi Arabia. In January 2016, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, paid an official visit to Saudi Arabia. During his visit, President Peña Nieto met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and together they signed 17 bilateral

neg: Romania–Saudi Arabia relations the oil sector. In March 2000, Romania's Foreign Affairs State Secretary Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu met with Saudi Arabia's First Deputy Foreign Minister Nizar Bin Obaid Madani. Madani told reporters after the meeting that the main goal of his visit was to search for ways of diversifying and consolidating the Saudi-Romanian ties. In April 2000, King Fahd Bin Abd-al-Aziz met with Romania's deputy premier and foreign minister Petre Roman. Petre Roman also met with his counterpart Sa'ud al-Faysal and Crown Prince Abdullah, the secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council. They discussed development of greater economic cooperations between the countries. In May

neg: Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel Sheikh Ibrahim bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al Sowayel (; 1916 – 22 January 1977) was a Saudi Arabian statesman and diplomat who most notably served as the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1960 to 1962. Appointed on 22 December 1960 by King Saud, he succeeded the future king, Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and was succeeded by him again in on 16 March 1961. He was noted for being the first non-member of the Saudi royal family to hold the position of foreign minister. He also served as the Saudi Arabian

neg: Contents of the United States diplomatic cables leak (Saudi Arabia) Karzai's visited Saudi Arabia on February 2–3, although richer in symbolism than significance, was a sign that lukewarm Saudi-Afghan relations may finally be warming up. Saudi Arabia announced an aid package of US$150 million for reconstruction in Afghanistan. However, the Saudis continue to have concerns about Afghan corruption and believe greater political unification of the Pashtun community is essential. Their apparent wish to de-emphasize Karzai's visit, may also indicate the King Abdullah's desire to keep some distance and maintain his credibility as a potential reconciliation mediator. Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Turki Al Faisal called Afghanistan a "puzzle," "where establishing trust

neg: Arab Cold War were supported by Saudi Arabia and Jordan (both monarchies). Egyptian air power struck Saudi border towns like Najran in December 1962. By the late 1960s, Nasser's prestige was diminished by the political failure of the political union of Egypt and Syria, and the military failures in Yemen where the civil war stalemated despite his commitment of thousands of troops to overthrow the monarchists, and especially with Israel where Egypt lost the Sinai Peninsula and 10,000 to 15,000 troops killed during the Six-Day War. In late 1967, Nasser and Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal signed a treaty under which Nasser would

neg: Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai had set up in Afghanistan. When the communist government fell in 1992, Ghafoorzai acted as an intermediary to unite the factions of Afghanistan. He worked in the United Nations until 1995, and then became deputy foreign minister. He became foreign minister in July 1996. in September 1996 the government troops withdrew from Kabul and the Taliban captured Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, The International community did not recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan legitimate government except Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, the Islamic State of Afghanistan government established the new cabinet in Mazar e Sharif in the north of Afghanistan, meanwhile

neg: Sardar Haji Faiz Muhammad Khan Zikeria Sardar Haji Faiz Muhammad Khan Zikeria Faiz Muhammad Zikria (1892 – 1979) was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and completed his education in Habibia High School. He was the counselor of Foreign Service in 1921 and was also acting Minister of Education from 1923 to 1924 became Minister for Education 1924 to 1927. He was later Minister for Foreign Affairs 1929-1938, became Ambassador to Turkey from 1938–1948, Ambassador at the court of St James's 1949-1950 and to Saudi Arabia 1955-1960. He retired in 1960 and emigrated to the USA in 1964. He was also a noted poet and writer. He died

neg: Cyprus–Saudi Arabia relations Cyprus–Saudi Arabia relations Cypriot–Saudi Arabian relations are foreign relations between Cyprus and Saudi Arabia. Cyprus is represented to Saudi Arabia through its accredited honorary consulate in Jeddah. Saudi Arabia is represented to Cyprus through its accredited embassy in Nicosia. The political relations are close due to similarities between the 2 countries on historical, geographical and economical issues. The excellent relations between Cyprus and Saudi Arabia, as well as the need to further promote the two countries’ Middle East dimension were among the issues that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia Saud Al Faisal who has expressed the respect

neg: Hermann Eilts World War II. After graduating with a master's degree from Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies in 1947, Eilts joined the foreign service. He would go on to be a diplomat for 32 years. He first served in Saudi Arabia when the kingdom had just learned to pump oil for the international market and later was U.S. ambassador there during the 1967 Arab-Israeli Six-Day War. Eilts was one of only a few of the State Department's Arabist diplomats who did not advocate a blindly pro-Arab policy in the runup to that conflict, as he wrote cables saying that the

neg: Romania–Saudi Arabia relations Bucharest, where a broader framework of economic cooperation was discussed. At the meeting, the Romanian vice Premier Bogdan Pascu said the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is an important economic partner and Romania is interested in developing the economic contacts existing between the two states. Also in November, Romanian Dr. Ion Dobreci presented his credentials to Prince Saud Al-Faisal, foreign minister, in Riyadh. He said Bucharest seeks to boost economic, technical, scientific and cultural cooperation with Saudi Arabia, and is examining the possibility of cooperation in oil & petrochemical sector. A Romanian economic mission was to visit Saudi Arabia and Bahrain

neg: Nizar Madani Nizar Madani Nizar bin Obaid Madani (born 1941) is the state minister for foreign affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Madani was born in Madinah in 1941. He obtained a bachelor of arts degree in economics and political science from Cairo University in 1964. He earned a master’s degree in international relations at American University, Washington, D.C. in 1971. He received a PhD in international relations from the same university in 1977. Madani joined the ministry of foreign affairs as an attaché in 1965 where he then proceeded to the Saudi embassy in Washington in 1968, eventually taking the

neg: Rizana Nafeek 9 in Saudi Arabia of Rizana Nafeek, a young Sri Lankan citizen, who was a minor when the crime occurred. As Mr. Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, reaffirmed, France expresses its firm and constant opposition to the death penalty everywhere and under all circumstances. It urges Saudi Arabia to put an end to the executions and to establish a moratorium. Commenting on Nafeek's execution, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt said, "I condemn the execution of Rizana Nafeek in Saudi Arabia yesterday, despite the many appeals for her sentence to be

neg: Esmond Ovey Embassy but Wangenheim, the German Ambassador, endeavoured to obtain Ovey's removal before he was sufficiently recovered. It was lucky that his wife was an American." Ovey was transferred to Norway where he remained for the rest of the war, acting as chargé d'affaires when the Minister was absent. He was promoted to First Secretary in 1916. In 1920 he was promoted to Counsellor and appointed to Tehran, but did not proceed; instead, he worked at the Foreign Office until 1924 when he did go briefly to Tehran before being posted to Rome, also briefly, before he was appointed Minister to

neg: Bana al-Abed evacuation of rebels and civilians from Aleppo. When the evacuations did not go as planned, her mother mentioned Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu for making the ceasefire work, and the Foreign Minister said that they were doing all they could to get her and others out. On 19 December 2016, it was reported that Bana Alabed was among the 350 people who were evacuated from the former rebel-held districts of Aleppo on that day after its capture by government forces. After evacuating Aleppo, Bana was interviewed by Hadi Al Abdullah, where she clarifies that her father was injured in the

neg: Cyprus–Saudi Arabia relations of his country to the territorial integrity of Cyprus and the relevant UN resolutions, during a meeting with his Cypriot counterpart Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, who paid a visit to Riyadh in 2012. Saudi Arabian stance on the Cyprus dispute remains steadfast, and committed, to the UN Charter and international legality. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Saud Al Faisal, added in 2012 that Saudi Arabia supports a united and federal Cyprus, and opposes any effort for secession or partition regarding all the problems of the region. Cyprus–Saudi Arabia relations Cypriot–Saudi Arabian relations are foreign relations between Cyprus and Saudi Arabia.

neg: Norway–Saudi Arabia relations Norway–Saudi Arabia relations Norway – Saudi Arabia relations are foreign relations between Norway and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia does not have a resident ambassador in Norway, and is represented by an embassy in Oslo. Norway has an embassy in Riyadh and a consulate-general in Jeddah. There are 84 Norwegians living in Saudi Arabia, according to the Norwegian embassy. The Muslim community in Tromsø wants to build the world's northernmost Mosque. With the help of funding from Saudi Arabia, the Mosque is planned as a local landmark building. But, the (then) Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre told "VG":

neg: Saudi Arabia–United Kingdom relations these events, and to ensure the Saudis keep buying weapons from British-headquartered companies like BAE Systems, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond travelled to Saudi Arabia on 27 October 2015. While there, he met with Saudi King Salman; interior minister and crown prince Mohammed Bin Naif; defence minister and deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and the leader of Saudi Arabia's National Guard Prince Mutaib. Travelling with Hammond were Hugh Blackman, the commander of the British Military Mission to Saudi Arabia; Peter Drew, the programme director of the joint British and Saudi military programme 'Saudi-Arabia National Guard Communication project' and two British

neg: Saudi Arabia–Syria relations has met in May 2018 with SDF officials to expand military ties. On 26 August 2018, Lebanese MP Nawwaf Moussawi claimed that Assad rejected an offer by Prince Mohammad for Saudi Arabia to provide reconstruction aid in exchange for Syria cutting its ties with Iran and Hezbollah. On 29 August 2018, al-Jubeir stated at a joint press conference with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov that Saudi Arabia would work with Russia in bringing about a political solution to the Syrian Civil War. His remarks were welcomed by Syrian foreign minister Walid Muallem, who praised "the new language used to determine

neg: Samar Badawi the USA, where she met US Senators and secretaries of several human rights organizations to discuss the issue of her husband Waleed Abulkhair and other detainees. At that time, Badawi said she received a direct threat from the secretary of the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia that she must stop her human rights activities otherwise action would be taken against her. She subsequently returned to Saudi Arabia without incident, other than local authorities taking her passport. On 2 December 2014, Badawi went to King Abdulaziz International Airport, to leave Saudi Arabia for a flight to Brussels, Belgium, to participate in

neg: Adel Al Toraifi Adel Al Toraifi Adel Al Toraifi (Arabic: عادل الطريفي) (born 1979) is a Saudi journalist and a specialist in Middle Eastern affairs, focusing on Saudi-Iranian relations and foreign policy decision making in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. He was the minister of culture and information of Saudi Arabia from January 2015 to April 2017. Al Toraifi was born in 1979. He received a master's degree in international conflict in 2008 from Kingston University, London. He finished his PhD studies in international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2012. The title of his thesis

neg: Canada–Saudi Arabia relations a meeting held in Ottawa in December 2015, Canadian Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion met with his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir to discuss matters pertaining to human rights in Saudi Arabia. During the meeting, the Saudi government's detainment of human rights activist Raif Badawi was brought up. Following the 2016 Saudi Arabia mass execution in which 47 civilians convicted of terrorism were executed, Stéphane Dion requested that Saudi Arabia respect due process and to follow international norms in regards to human rights. The Canadian Foreign Ministry also voiced concerns over the possibility that these executions could renew sectarian friction in the

neg: France–Saudi Arabia relations often given to a foreign head of state. On 6 March 2016, A joint communiqué was signed between Saudi Arabia and France at the end of the official visit to Paris of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif. On May 2016, a delegation of the Saudi French Parliamentary Friendship Committee of the Shura Council had a meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc at the French Foreign Ministry in Paris. According to Al Arabiya New sources these contracts, which highlight Paris growing ties with Riyadh, are “the first signs of a much stronger Saudi-French alliance, and the next few months are going

neg: Alleged Saudi role in September 11 attacks flight deck security before 9/11." The pilots made an emergency landing in Ohio since they were "so spooked by the Saudi passengers and their aggressive behavior." In March 2016, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir threatened to sell US$750 billion worth of American assets owned by Saudi Arabia if the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) designed to create an exception to the 1976 Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act was enacted, which caused fears of destabilizing the US dollar. U.S. president Barack Obama also warned against “unintended consequences”, while Saudi economy analysts believed that this action would damage the Saudi government.

neg: Japan–Saudi Arabia relations visited Japan in April of the same year. In the year 2001 and visited the Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono announced the UK initiatives in three areas; the promotion of dialogue among civilizations with the Islamic world and the development of water sources, and multi-wide political dialogue. In 2010, China overtook Japan as the second-largest economy on earth, but Japan is still the third-largest trading partner of Saudi Arabia. In March 2017, King Salman bin Abdulaziz visit to Japan and had a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in Tokyo, where two leaders exchanged various opinions includes uncertain international

neg: Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 9 July 2015 at the age of 75 in Los Angeles. His funeral prayer was held in Grand Mosque in Makkah. Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (), also known as Saud Al Faisal (; 2 January 1940 – 9 July 2015), was a Saudi diplomat and statesman who served as Saudi Arabia's foreign minister from 1975 to 2015. A member of the Saudi royal family, he was the longest-serving foreign minister in world history since Klemens von Metternich. Saud bin Faisal was born in Taif on 2 January 1940. He was

neg: Hosni Mubarak Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Mubarak also developed friendships with several other important Arab figureheads, including Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud, Oman's Sultan Qaboos, Morocco's King Hassan II, and Sudan's President Jaafar Nimeiry. Sadat also sent Mubarak to numerous meetings with foreign leaders outside the Arab world. Mubarak's political significance as Vice-President can be seen from a conversation held on 23 June 1975 between Foreign Minister Fahmy and US Ambassador Hermann Eilts. Fahmy told Eilts that "Mubarak is, for the time being at least, likely to be a regular participant in all sensitive meetings" and he advised the Ambassador not to

neg: 2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute has effectively declared war. On 4 November 2017, Saudi Arabia intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Yemen, possibly targeting the Saudi capital of Riyadh. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said the missile was smuggled to Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthis through Hezbollah operatives. "We will treat the government of Lebanon as a government declaring a war because of Hezbollah militias," Thamer al-Sabhan, minister of state for Persian Gulf affairs told the Saudi-controlled Al Arabiya network. “Lebanon is kidnapped by the militias of Hezbollah and behind it is Iran.” On 9 November 2017, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in turn said that Saudi Arabia

neg: Humanitarian response to Typhoon Haiyan medical efforts after requests were made from Manila to Moscow, which was officially announced by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Middle Eastern countries, where about 2 million Filipinos work, also pledged their aid. The country of Saudi Arabia donated $10 million to the Philippines for disaster relief Saudi Arabia has also sent other humanitarian assistance on relief flights; "Saudia Cargo is proud to have been one of the first operators to arrive in Cebu, Philippines with urgently needed humanitarian aid, flying on behalf of an international aid agency and its broker Chapman Freeborn Air Chartering." Saudi Prince Talal bin Abdul

neg: Adel Al Toraifi Rashed in the post. On 29 January 2015 Al Toraifi was appointed minister of culture and information of Saudi Arabia. His term ended on 22 April 2017 when Awwad Alawwad was named as the minister of culture and information. Adel Al Toraifi Adel Al Toraifi (Arabic: عادل الطريفي) (born 1979) is a Saudi journalist and a specialist in Middle Eastern affairs, focusing on Saudi-Iranian relations and foreign policy decision making in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. He was the minister of culture and information of Saudi Arabia from January 2015 to April 2017. Al Toraifi was born in

neg: Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir insisted on 27 October that the men would be tried on Saudi soil. They also repeated requests for confirmation on the whereabouts of Khashoggi's body, the identity of the "local cooperator" that the Saudis claim disposed of the body, and an update on the progress of a Saudi investigation of the 15 Saudi operatives who visited the Istanbul consulate at the time of the murder. Due the lack of trust between the two countries the meeting lasted only 75 minutes. Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated that "The whole truth must be revealed" and the visit

neg: 2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cautioned against "any party, within or outside Lebanon, using Lebanon as a venue for proxy conflicts or in any manner contributing to instability in that country." American and European officials privately pressed Saudi Arabia to back down from its confrontational stance, which, according to "The Economist", was heeded. Spokespeople for the French and German foreign ministries, however, said they did not have reason to believe that Hariri was being kept against his will. Israeli Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz called the resignation a “turning point” for the Middle East, saying that “Now is the time

neg: Inauguration of Benigno Aquino III Most Reverend Osvaldo Padilla 5. Spain - Minister of Defense Enrique Mugica and the Director General for Foreign Policy for Asia and the Pacific at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation José Eugenio Salarich 6. Singapore - Foreign Minister George Yong-Boon Yeo 7. Saudi Arabia - Minister of State of the Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar bin Abaid Madani 8. Brunei Darussalam - Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pehin Lim Jock Seng 9. Cambodia - Minister of Information Khieuk Kanharith 10. Indonesia - Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare H.R. Agung Laksono 11. South Korea - Chairman of the

neg: First 100 days of Imran Khan's prime ministership talks with the Taliban." Information minister Fawad Chaudhry that nearly 3,000 Pakistani prisoners facing death row in Iran were going to be granted relief in the wake of Tehran amending its anti-narcotics laws, and that the Pakistani government had raised this matter with Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif during his visit. A Saudi trade delegation led by Saudi deputy minister for foreign trade, Abdul Rahman Al-Harbi, met with Pakistani trade and commerce ministry officials led by commerce secretary Mohammed Younus Dagha in Islamabad. Both sides pledged to boost their $3.2 billion trade further, as well as increasing investment and private

neg: UpFront a debate on the subject. The premiere episode featured an interview with Edward Snowden about the National Security Agency leaks. Other notable guests have included the foreign minister of Qatar about Qatar's role in Syria, Saudi Arabia foreign minister Abdallah al-Mouallimi about why democracy is good for Syria but not Saudi Arabia, Noam Chomsky, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, various UN officials and various countries members of parliament. Official Website UpFront UpFront is a current affairs discussion, debate and analysis programme on Al Jazeera English hosted by Mehdi Hasan. The show premiered on 4 September 2015 shortly after Al

neg: Turkey following a deal in June 2016. These political rifts have left Turkey with few allies in the East Mediterranean, where rich natural gas fields have recently been discovered; in sharp contrast with the original goals that were set by the former Foreign Minister (later Prime Minister) Ahmet Davutoğlu in his "zero problems with neighbours" foreign policy doctrine. In 2015, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar formed a "strategic alliance" against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. However, following the rapprochement with Russia in 2016, Turkey revised its stance regarding the solution of the conflict in Syria. In January 2018, the Turkish military and

neg: Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia significant number of U.S. workers are English teachers. Additionally Egyptians have long migrated to Saudi Arabia to take up professional jobs such as doctors, nurses, teachers and engineers, as have Filipinos to work in the health, oil and manufacturing sectors. According to "The Guardian", there were more than half a million foreign-born domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. Most have backgrounds in poverty and come from Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. To go to work in Saudi Arabia, they must often pay large sums to recruitment agencies in their home countries. The agencies then handle the necessary legal paperwork.

neg: Adel al-Jubeir Adel al-Jubeir Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir (; born 1 February 1962) is a diplomat who has been Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs since 29 April 2015. He is the second person not belonging to the House of Saud to hold the office, after Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel. He previously served as the Saudi Ambassador to the United States from 2007 to 2015, and was also a foreign policy advisor to King Abdullah. Al-Jubeir was born in Al Majma'ah, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. He attended schools in Saudi Arabia, Germany, Yemen, Lebanon and the U.S. He obtained a B.A. "summa

neg: 2017–18 Qatar diplomatic crisis On 3 July, Saudi Arabia accepted a Kuwaiti request for the deadline to be extended by 48 hours. On 5 July, foreign ministers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain met in Cairo after receiving a response from Qatar to their list of demands. The meeting aimed to resolve the dispute ended in a stalemate when Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir said that the political and economic boycott of Qatar will remain until it changes its policies. Also on the same day, the Saudi-led bloc said it no longer insisting it to comply with its 13 specific demands

neg: Saudi Arabian nationality law of majority, if the naturalized male citizen has female relatives who have the male citizen as their guardian, they will also have right to citizenship. Loss of Saudi citizenship may occur due to one of the following reasons: Saudi citizens cannot give up their citizenship without permission; however, the government can revoke someone's nationality if the person is a terrorist threat, as in the case of Osama bin Laden. Saudis are not permitted to acquire any foreign citizenship without the permission of the Prime Minister. If a Saudi Citizen acquired a foreign Citizenship without this permission, they will be considered

neg: Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi conference as well. The Government of Canada has also indicated that they have no intention of sending anyone to the conference. Bahrain's foreign minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa called for a boycott of Uber in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, urging to "boycott anyone who boycotts Saudi Arabia". The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia invested $3.5 billion in Uber in 2016. Four American senators, including two members of the Committee on Foreign Relations, urged professional wrestling company WWE (which involves sitting Administrator of the Small Business Administration Linda McMahon) to reconsider its business relationship with Saudi Arabia, and particularly

neg: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia) While consolidating the newly formed Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz, King Abdulaziz, established foreign diplomatic relations by sending representatives and receiving delegations from various states. In 1926, he established the directorate general for foreign affairs in Mecca. The first director general of foreign affairs was Abdullah Beg Al Damluji, who was also ruler of Mecca at that time. In 1930, a royal decree was issued to elevate the directorate general to the ministry of foreign affairs. King Abdulaziz appointed his son, Prince Faisal, as the first foreign minister. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was formally established by King Abdulaziz in

neg: 2017–18 Qatar diplomatic crisis airspace. Saudi Arabia's central bank advised banks not to trade with Qatari banks in Qatari riyals. Qatar verbally criticized the ban. The Foreign Ministry of Qatar criticized the ban, arguing that it undermined Qatar's sovereignty. The foreign minister of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, said that Saudi statements regarding Qatar were contradictory: on the one hand, Saudi Arabia claimed Qatar was supporting Iran, on the other hand, it claimed Qatar was funding Sunni extremists fighting against Iran. Saudi Arabia's move was welcomed by United States president Donald Trump despite a large US presence at the Al Udeid Air Base, the

neg: Wolfgang Stöckl in his career, he served on a variety of capacities in the German foreign service, including as Special Adviser for Management and Personnel Questions to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the German Democratic Republic in 1990, as Deputy Head of the Organization and Management Division of the Foreign Office from 1989 to 1991, as Head of the Headquarters Inspection Unit of the Foreign Office, Director of the German-Saudi Arabian Liaison Office for Economic Affairs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as German Counsul in Cairo, Egypt and as Assistant Director in the Training Centre of the Federal Foreign Service. He joined

neg: Adel al-Jubeir visits by King Abdullah in November 2008 and July 2010. In addition, there were a number of visits by Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, then Minister of Defense now King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, then Assistant to the Minister of Interior for Security Affairs now Second Deputy Prime Minister, Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Al-Naimi, Finance Minister Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, then Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, Mohammed al-Jasser, then Minister of Commerce Abdullah Alireza, President of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities Prince Sultan bin

neg: Kenya–Saudi Arabia relations Kenya–Saudi Arabia relations Kenya–Saudi Arabia relations are bilateral relations between Kenya and Saudi Arabia. Relations between Saudi and Kenya are cordial. President Daniel arap Moi visited Saudi Arabia in 1979 and 1983. Foreign Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere visited Saudi in 2005. President Mwai Kibaki also visited Saudi Arabia in 2012. Kenya is keen on boosting tea sales and increasing Saudi tourists to Kenya. Saudi Arabia, through the Saudi Fund for Development, has funded multiple development projects in Kenya. Some of which are Nairobi Water Supply SR 55.84 million, Kenya-South Sudan Road SR 34.59 million, Thika-Garissa-Liboi Road SR 55.84 million, Mombasa

neg: Iran–Saudi Arabia relations permit to enter Saudi Arabia. In April 13, Iran suspended minor hajj trips to Saudi Arabia until the Saudi government "applies a strong attitude" to the case. Saud al-Faisal, foreign minister of Saudi Arabia have pledged to Iran's Ambassador that his government will punish the two Saudi policemen, very soon. Mansour al-Turki, spokesman of Interior ministry of Saudi Arabia, informed that the accused airport staff members have been arrested and referred to court and Iranian ambassador to Saudi Arabia has been informed and the suspects have been referred for investigation. The 2015 Hajj stampede escalated tensions between Saudi Arabia and

neg: International propagation of Salafism and Wahhabism complain that traditionally it “encourages violence toward others, and misguides the pupils into believing that in order to safeguard their own religion, they must violently repress and even physically eliminate the ‘other.’” As of 2006, despite promises by then Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, that “…the whole system of education is being transformed from top to bottom,” the Center for Religious Freedom found the Saudi public school religious curriculum continues to propagate an ideology of hate toward the “unbeliever,” that is, Christians, Jews, Shiites, Sufis, Sunni Muslims who do not follow Wahhabi doctrine, Hindus, atheists and others. This ideology

neg: Political positions of Rand Paul requesting he initiate an investigation into the Khashoggi's death under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. Later that month, after Saudi foreign minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir criticized Paul's rhetoric on Khashoggi's killing, Paul told a reporter, "My direct response to the foreign minister would be that it takes a lot of damn gall for Saudi Arabia, a dictatorship with 3,000 political prisoners held without trial, to lecture anyone in the U.S. about the presumption of innocence." Paul was one of five Republican senators to sign a letter to President Trump calling on his administration to "suspend talks related

neg: 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement the first day of the summit, 110 delegations arrived Tehran. Ali Akbar Salehi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, announced that the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, would attend the conference. He also invited leaders of Russia, Turkey and Brazil to the summit. Mohamed Morsi, ex-president of NAM and the Egyptian President, also announced that he would participate in the summit. He was the first leader of his country to visit Iran since the Islamic revolution. Iran reportedly cancelled an invitation to Saudi Arabia to attend the summit. However, it was later announced that Abdulaziz bin Abdullah, Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister,

neg: Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War also, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said: "This is not Merkel's initiative, this is a Turkish initiative." In addition, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said that any decision to create a no-fly zone over Syria cannot be made without the approval of the government in Damascus as well as the UN Security Council. In February 2016, Turkey and Saudi Arabia were pressing for ground operations in Syria, hoping for the involvement of the U.S. and the other allies. Hezbollah said Turkey and Saudi Arabia were using the Islamic State group as a "pretext" to launch a ground operation in

neg: Mishaal bin Abdullah Al Saud 1995. He has a Ph.D. degree in political science. Mishaal bin Abdullah started his career as the Director of the Computer Department of the National Guard, and served there from 1997 to 2003. Then, he was appointed the Minister Plenipotentiary with a third rank at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs beginning on 22 August 2003. Next, he became Minister Plenipotentiary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ranked fourteenth on 12 February 2006. He was also an adviser in the Saudi Royal Court. In November 2006, he led Saudi Arabia's delegation to a meeting of UN General Assembly. Prince Mishaal was

neg: Kenya–Saudi Arabia relations both countries stood at KES. 68 billion (EUR. 636 million). This made Saudi the 9th largest trading partner of Kenya. Saudi Arabia maintains an embassy in Nairobi. It is located in Muthaiga Road. Kenya has an embassy in Riyadh. Kenya–Saudi Arabia relations Kenya–Saudi Arabia relations are bilateral relations between Kenya and Saudi Arabia. Relations between Saudi and Kenya are cordial. President Daniel arap Moi visited Saudi Arabia in 1979 and 1983. Foreign Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere visited Saudi in 2005. President Mwai Kibaki also visited Saudi Arabia in 2012. Kenya is keen on boosting tea sales and increasing Saudi tourists

neg: Geneva peace talks on Syria (2016) suspended the talks because the UN did not want to be associated with the Syrian government’s military advance against rebels north of Aleppo, backed by Russian airstrikes. Staffan de Mistura insisted that negotiations had not failed and would resume on 25 February. Russian foreign minister Lavrov commented that "the [Syrian] opposition took a completely unconstructive position and tried to put forward preconditions". Rebel commanders were cited as saying they hoped the peace talks' collapse would "convince their foreign backers, states including Turkey and Saudi Arabia, that it was time to send them more powerful and advanced weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles".

neg: Education in Saudi Arabia schools. ISC defines an 'international school' in the following terms "ISC includes an international school if the school delivers a curriculum to any combination of pre-school, primary or secondary students, wholly or partly in English outside an English-speaking country, or if a school in a country where English is one of the official languages, offers an English-medium curriculum other than the country’s national curriculum and is international in its orientation." This definition is used by publications including The Economist. In Saudi Arabia some international schools are owned by communities of foreign nationals, while others are private schools owned by individuals

neg: Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict into a direct military confrontation between Iran and Saudi Arabia. On 4 November the Royal Saudi Air Defense intercepted a ballistic missile over Riyadh International Airport. Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir asserted that the missile was supplied by Iran and launched by Hezbollah militants from territory held by Houthi rebels in Yemen. Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman called it "direct military aggression by the Iranian regime" and said that it "may be considered an act of war against the kingdom". Also on 4 November, the Prime Minister of Lebanon resigned, sparking a political crisis seen as part of a Saudi effort

neg: Dina Ali Lasloom day earlier, a Saudi royal decree allowing women greater access to government services was passed. On May 28, 2017 BBC World Service aired a segment chronicling Dina's attempted escape. On 8 June 2017, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) organized a side event during the UN Human Rights Council’s 35th session, where Dina's case was a topic of the discussion. After Norwegian Public Broadcaster NRK referred Dina's story several parliamentarians, including Socialist Left Party Leader Audun Lysbakken and Abdi Raja, requested foreign minister Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide take up the women's rights situation with Saudi Arabia. "This

neg: Human rights in Saudi Arabia Minister of Foreign Affairs issued a statement via Twitter on 2 August 2018 expressing Canada's concern over the recent arrest of Samar Badawi, a human rights activist and sister of imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, and called for the release of Saudi human rights activists. In response to Canada's criticism, Saudi Arabia expelled Canada's ambassador and froze all new trade with Canada. Human rights in Saudi Arabia Human rights in Saudi Arabia are intended to be based on the Wahhabi religious laws under absolute rule of the Saudi royal family. The strict regime ruling the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is

neg: 2017 Tehran attacks 3 May 2017, Saudi Deputy crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman, accused Iran of aiming to wrest control over Islam's holiest site in Mecca and threatened action. Salman stated, "We won't wait for the battle to be in Saudi Arabia, instead, we will work so that the battle is for them in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia." The comments attracted condemnation from Iranians such as Minister of Foreign Affairs Javad Zarif. According to a statement given by Hossein Zolfaghari, the Iranian deputy Minister of Interior, to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, four militants entered the Parliament's administrative building disguised as

neg: France–Saudi Arabia relations of arms to Saudi Arabia (after the United States and United Kingdom) and has potential to outgrow both in many fields. In Wednesday, 24 June 2015 Saudi Arabia and France agreed to sign $12 billion of deals, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that the ten contracts include 23 Airbus H145 helicopters worth $500 million. Meanwhile, Reuters reported that the Saudi defense ministry was also discussing the price for a contract for French naval patrol boats, built by DCNS. In 2015 France signed a 10B$ arms deal with Saudi Arabia to supply 30 patrol boats. France–Saudi Arabia relations France–Saudi Arabia

neg: Culture of Saudi Arabia vehicles until 24 June 2018 and were consequently limited in mobility, they traditionally have often had considerable informal power in the home. According to journalist Judith Miller, "some Saudi women were veritable tyrants in their own homes. They decided where their children would go to school, when and whom they would marry, whether their husbands would accept new jobs, with whom the family socialized, and where the family would live and spend vacations. They promoted their friends' husbands, sons and relatives to key jobs." David Long, a former American diplomat who had taught in the kingdom, has described Saudi men

neg: 2016 Sana'a funeral airstrike and put the blame on information given by the Yemeni government. The United Nations alleged that the Saudi-led coalition had violated international humanitarian law because the bombing was a 'double tap' attack, or a type of airstrike where the first bombing is followed by a second one soon after, with the aim of targeting the wounded, aid workers, and medical personnel tending to them. The UN report said: "The second air strike, which occurred three to eight minutes after the first air strike, almost certainly resulted in more casualties to the already wounded and the first responders." Saudi Foreign Minister

neg: Mohammed Al-Jadaan Mohammed Al-Jadaan Mohammed Al-Jadaan (; born 1963) is a commercial lawyer and co-founder of Al-Jadaan and Partners Law Firm who has served as Saudi Arabia's Minister of Finance since November 2016. He replaced Ibrahim Al-Assaf who was appointed to the post in 1996. From January 2015 until his recent appointment, he was the chairman of Capital Markets Authority where he oversaw the opening of the Tadawul Stock Exchange and the loosening of Saudi's regulatory framework to foreign investors. He has also previously served as a Special Adviser to the board of Morgan Stanley Saudi Arabia. He is a close ally

neg: 2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute 2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute The 2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute began when Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri abruptly announced his resignation while he was in Saudi Arabia on 4 November 2017. Shortly thereafter, the foreign relations between both countries and allied regional neighbors became increasingly strained. On 6 November, Saudi Arabia claimed Lebanon declared war between the two states, despite leaders of Lebanon stating otherwise. On 9 November, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates asked their citizens to leave Lebanon. The conflict is thought to be part of the larger Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict. Lebanon's president and some

neg: Carl Bildt Middle East", on the grounds that they saw it as comparing Hamas and Netanyahu as equals. In 2012, Bildt said he saw no problem with exporting Swedish weapons to Saudi Arabia. According to Bildt, "Would the situation in the world be better if they had bought French manufactured ones instead?" Bildt called friendly Saudi Arabia as a "family business" and said that he sees Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud "quite regularly". In 2015, Bildt criticized Sweden's foreign minister Margot Wallström for damaging Saudi-Swedish relations. Wallström tweeted criticism of Saudi Arabia's flogging of Saudi blogger and activist Raif Badawi.

neg: 2018 Arab League summit 2018 Arab League summit The 2018 Arab League Summit (also known as the Dhahran Summit or Dammam Summit) was the Arab League's 29th summit held in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, 15 April 2018. The Summit was initially expected to be held in Riyadh. A preparatory meeting was held in Riyadh on Thursday, 12 April 2018 which was presided over by the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir. Foreign Ministers of the 22 countries attended the meeting. The summit was announced to be held at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture which was constructed by Saudi Aramco and

neg: State-sponsored terrorism homeland. Proxies attack what their masters despise most: the seat of democracy". His statements referred to the Saudi deputy crown prince Mohammad bin Salman's threats against the country about a month earlier, in which bin Salman revealed their policy to drag the regional conflict into Iranian borders. Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, denied his country's involvement in the attacks and said Riyadh had no knowledge of who was responsible for them. He condemned terrorist attacks and killing of the innocent "anywhere it occurs". Bob Corker, chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, stated that the Saudi support

neg: Adel al-Jubeir Abdullah convened an interfaith conference in Madrid, Spain, bringing together major figures from Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism and Confucianism to reinforce the common values shared by their respective faiths. In November 2007, Al-Jubeir joined Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal for the meeting of the Arab League Foreign Ministers in Cairo in preparation for the Annapolis Peace Conference. He was also a member of the Saudi delegation to the Annapolis Peace Conference in November 2007. During Ambassador Al-Jubeir’s tenure, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. signed a series of bilateral agreements in key areas including civil nuclear cooperation, enhanced

neg: International Philippine School in Al Khobar Ministry of Education (MOE) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia formally recognized PESA as a Filipino Community School by granting its License No. 2/1937 dated 1415/12/29 [May 8, 1995]. In compliance with the permit issued by the Ministry of Education (MOE), where foreign schools should be named as International Schools in addition to the country of nationals served by the school, PESA was renamed in SY 1995-1996 to "International Philippine School in Al-Khobar (originally acronym "IPS Al-Khobar") and currently known to the Filipino community in the Kingdom as "IPSA" (Member Saudi Arabian International Schools). From 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017,

neg: Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel held the office of foreign minister briefly, for less than two years, before returning it back to Faisal, whom he had asked to succeed him. He left office on 16 March 1962. On 31 October 1962, Al Sowayel took office as the Saudi Minister of Agriculture, serving until 29 August 1964. When Faisal became King of Saudi Arabia, Al Sowayel was appointed Saudi Ambassador to the United States, serving until Faisal's assassination in 1975. Faisal's half-brother, Khalid, became king, and Al Sowayel left his ambassadorship and returned to the capital of Riyadh to help aide the new monarch. From 1975

neg: Premiership of Abhisit Vejjajiva in the first place. The blue diamond was at the center of the gems theft case that is presumed to have caused the murders. In August 2010, Abhisit promoted Lieutenant-General Somkid Boonthanom from chief of the Chiang Mai region to assistant national police chief. Somkid had earlier been indicted for the murder of Mohammad al-Ruwaili, a Saudi assigned to investigate the blue diamond theft. The Saudi embassy said in a statement: Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said he would send a letter to the Saudis which would clarify the matter. Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya met Saudi chargé d'affaires Nabil Ashri

neg: Nineteenth Air Force in troops, personnel of the Nineteenth coordinated airlift activities. In 1963 Nineteenth Air Force conducted two show-the-flag exercises. The first went to Saudi Arabia in early May. There, the Nineteenth helped to train Saudi pilots and supervised a tactical demonstration at Jidda International Airport for 30,000 spectators that included Crown Prince Faisal, the Prime Minister, the Saudi Foreign Minister, and other royalty and officials. The second went to India in October. There, in Exercise Shiksha (Sanskrit for training), the Nineteenth, in cooperation with the British and Australian Royal Air Forces, helped to improve Indian Air Force air defense capabilities and

neg: Contents of the United States diplomatic cables leak (Saudi Arabia) model for the Pakistanis and to neutralize somewhat the more negative influence on Pakistani politics and society exercised by Saudi Arabia." Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal proposed to David M. Satterfield, the U.S. special adviser to Iraq, that an Arab force supported by U.S. and NATO air power could fight Hezbollah in Lebanon. Saud expressed his fears that a Hezbollah victory in Beirut would mean the end of the Siniora government and the 'Iranian takeover' of Lebanon. He accused the U.N. troops in Lebanon of "sitting doing nothing". Saudi Arabia's Information Minister and former ambassador to Lebanon, Abdul Aziz Khoja

neg: Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict caught in the middle. "If you are Qatar, you look across the water and you think, when Iran did have the opportunity to take a few Arab islands, they did it." "Qatar needs to have the ability to peacefully go about their business of sucking all the gas out of that giant field." Iran could make that process very difficult. A senior fellow of Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations concludes that "There's a recognition of the general tendencies of the Gulf states to hedge their bets,"There's always a question in the back of the minds of

neg: Turki bin Faisal Al Saud Dick Cheney to meet at short notice in Riyadh, Turki was not invited to attend – an unusual omission for Saudi summit meetings. In addition, Turki's brother Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal did not write the post-summit briefing for Turki; Bandar did. King Abdullah is reported to have preferred Bandar bin Sultan as the King's intermediary between Riyadh and Washington D.C. Turki's resignation may have been in protest. He abruptly resigned in early December 2006 after 15 months as an ambassador. His predecessor, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, worked in the same post for 22 years. Prince Turki returned in

neg: Canada–Saudi Arabia relations no longer accept wheat or barley of Canadian origin. However, an official statement from Energy Minister Khalid A. Al-Falih indicated that the diplomatic crisis would not impact the sale of oil to Canada by Saudi Aramco. In response to suggestions in the news media about the possibility of outside mediation, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on 8 August that his country would not engage in negotiations until Canada retracted its original statement calling for the release of human rights activists. The "Toronto Star" reported that the consensus among analysts indicated that the actions taken by Crown Prince Mohammad bin

neg: Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen and measures to protect Yemen and deter the Houthi aggression". Yemen's foreign minister, Riad Yassin, requested military assistance from the Arab League on 25 March, amid reports that Hadi had fled his provisional capital. On 26 March, Saudi state TV station Al-Ekhbariya TV reported that Hadi arrived at a Riyadh airbase and was met by Saudi Defense Minister Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud. His route from Aden to Riyadh was not immediately known. At a summit of the Arab League held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on 28–29 March, President Hadi again repeated his calls for international intervention in the fighting.

neg: Foreign Reports materialize as Foreign Reports had done. The firm had watched intensely how then Saudi Petroleum Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani had wrestled over new ways to price Saudi Arabia’s oil as he cruised the Mediterranean on his yacht during August 1985. Foreign Reports was the first to report that Yamani, just before that Labor Day, had got off his yacht and signed “net-back pricing deals” with his main international customers. These deals that would cut all previous supports for crude oil prices and lead prices from the high $20s to the single digits within nine months. Incredibly, in those early days

neg: Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi that supported the belief that Khashoggi had been killed. 18 days later the Saudi government changed their position from no involvement, and admitted that Khashoggi died inside the consulate due to strangulation after an argument and fistfight. Saudi Arabia's foreign minister called it a "rogue operation". Eighteen Saudis were arrested, including the team of 15 operatives which an anonymous Saudi official claimed General Ahmad Asiri sent to confront Khashoggi and, if necessary, detain him for return to Saudi Arabia. On 19 October the Saudi prosecutor stated that the Saudi-Turkey joint team of investigators found evidence indicating the suspects acted with

neg: Salman bin Sultan Al Saud elder half-brother Bandar bin Sultan, who headed the NSC in addition to the General Intelligence Presidency. During his tenure Prince Salman was one of three Saudi officials who were instrumental in implementing the Syria policy of Saudi Arabia along with Foreign Minister Prince Saud and Prince Bandar. Prince Salman was appointed deputy defense minister at the rank of minister on 6 August 2013, replacing Fahd bin Abdullah Al Saud in the post. He was relieved of his duty upon his request on 14 May 2014, and was replaced by Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud as deputy defense minister. Prince Salman