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Saudi Crown Prince, Zelenskyy Discuss Issues of Common Interest

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Jeddah. (SPA)
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Jeddah. (SPA)
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Saudi Crown Prince, Zelenskyy Discuss Issues of Common Interest

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Jeddah. (SPA)
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Jeddah. (SPA)

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, received in Jeddah on Friday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the Arab League summit.

The leaders discussed bilateral relations between their countries and issues of common interest.

Crown Prince Mohammed stressed Saudi Arabia’s keenness on and support to all international efforts aimed at reaching a political solution to the Ukrainian-Russian crisis.

He added that the Kingdom will continue its efforts to ease the impact of the humanitarian crisis caused by the war.

For his part, Zelenskyy hailed Saudi Arabia’s pivotal role in the Middle East and world.

The Ukrainian leader had arrived on his first official visit to Saudi Arabia earlier on Friday.

“I begin my first visit to Saudi Arabia to enhance bilateral relations and Ukraine’s ties with the Arab world,” he said upon his arrival, traveling on board a French plane that flew from Poland.

“Saudi Arabia has a significant role and we are ready to promote our cooperation to a new level.”  

He added that his visit would address several topics including a peace “formula,” and energy cooperation.

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Taiwan’s Representative to Saudi Arabia: 260,000 Pagers Exported in Two Years

Taiwan’s representative to Saudi Arabia Samee Chang. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Taiwan’s representative to Saudi Arabia Samee Chang. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Taiwan’s Representative to Saudi Arabia: 260,000 Pagers Exported in Two Years

Taiwan’s representative to Saudi Arabia Samee Chang. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Taiwan’s representative to Saudi Arabia Samee Chang. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Taiwan is investigating who is responsible for modifying the pagers that were turned into explosives in the hands of the Lebanese people, including members of Hezbollah.

Taiwan’s representative to Saudi Arabia Samee Chang told Asharq Al-Awsat that 260,000 pagers were exported from his country between 2022 and 2024, and 16 percent of them were sent to the United States and Europe.

He expressed his regret that the pagers were planted with explosives that were used in the attack in Lebanon last month, clarifying that the devices were not directly exported from Taiwan to Lebanon.

He explained that the components of the device are made of material that is not liable to explode.

Apollo Gold, the Taiwanese company that exported the pagers between 2022 and 2024, has never received any complaints that its devices have caused harm or exploded.

The attack in Lebanon has raised several questions and they are being probed by authorities in Taiwan, he went on to say.

One thing is for certain, the devices were not harmful in the shape they were exported from the country, stressed Chang.

Asked about whether the attack may harm Taiwan’s economy, he replied that his country’s industry sector has a strong reputation that will be difficult to undermine given the trust it has from clients.

The size of the sector and Taiwan’s investments cannot be measured by a small number of pagers, as they only make up a mere fraction in the country’s trade relations with countries all over the world, he stressed.

Separately, Chang revealed that Taiwan was considering cooperation with Saudi Arabia in the chip industry, saying he was optimistic over the broad potential for cooperation in the technology sector.

There are no limits to the cooperation between them, he added.

Taiwan constantly wants to maintain the relations and discuss opportunities for joint investments, he stated.

Taiwan was among the first countries to leap to cooperate with Saudi Arabia in all fields to help the Kingdom achieve its Vision 2030 that is spearheaded by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Chang said.