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.
