Saudi Ambassador Presents Credentials to European Commission Chief

Haifa Al-Jedea, the ambassador and head of Saudi Arabia’s mission to the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community, presented her credentials to the President of the European Commission. (SPA)
Haifa Al-Jedea, the ambassador and head of Saudi Arabia’s mission to the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community, presented her credentials to the President of the European Commission. (SPA)
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Saudi Ambassador Presents Credentials to European Commission Chief

Haifa Al-Jedea, the ambassador and head of Saudi Arabia’s mission to the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community, presented her credentials to the President of the European Commission. (SPA)
Haifa Al-Jedea, the ambassador and head of Saudi Arabia’s mission to the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community, presented her credentials to the President of the European Commission. (SPA)

The ambassador and head of Saudi Arabia’s mission to the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community, Haifa Al-Jedea, presented her credentials to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday.
During the handover in Brussels, the two sides held a meeting where they discussed the joint relations between the Kingdom and the EU, and the ways of developing and strengthening them in various fields.
In April, Al-Jedea had presented her credentials to Charles Mitchel, President of the European Council, who praised the great developmental renaissance taking place in Saudi Arabia, and its ambitious Vision 2030, and the status of the Saudi-European relations.
Al-Jedea is the fifth Saudi ambassador abroad along with Saudi ambassador to the United States Princess Rima Bint Bandar, Amal Yahya al-Moallimi in Norway, Einas Al-Shahwan to Sweden, and Nisreen Al-Shibl in Finland.

Al-Jedea has worked at the United Nations Center for Combating Terrorism. She also represented her country at the United Nations and the Security Council, and worked as a supervisor for the General Department of International Relations at the Saudi Ministry of Tourism.

She holds two Master's degrees in conflict resolution and negotiation from Columbia University, and international relations from Syracuse University, from which she also obtained a Bachelor's degree in journalism.



Syria’s Leader Meets with Bahraini Diplomatic Delegation

The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)
The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)
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Syria’s Leader Meets with Bahraini Diplomatic Delegation

The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)
The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa received a delegation from Bahrain on Wednesday and met with the Bahraini foreign minister, state media reported.

The visit was the latest in a flurry of diplomatic overtures by Arab countries to Syria’s new leaders after they overthrew former President Bashar al-Assad in a lightning rebel offensive.

Like other Gulf countries, Bahrain had cut off diplomatic ties with Syria under Assad’s rule during the Syrian civil war, but it reopened its embassy in Damascus in 2018 and gradually restored ties with the Assad government.

Bahrain is the current head of the Arab summit, and days after Assad’s ouster it had sent a message to al-Sharaa offering its cooperation with the new authorities and saying, “We look forward to Syria regaining its authentic role in the Arab League.”