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Saudi Arabia Bars Travel to Indonesia over Pandemic

Locals wearing protective masks, to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), stand in line to receive assistance from Indonesian president in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 16, 2021. (Reuters)
Locals wearing protective masks, to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), stand in line to receive assistance from Indonesian president in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 16, 2021. (Reuters)
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Saudi Arabia Bars Travel to Indonesia over Pandemic

Locals wearing protective masks, to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), stand in line to receive assistance from Indonesian president in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 16, 2021. (Reuters)
Locals wearing protective masks, to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), stand in line to receive assistance from Indonesian president in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 16, 2021. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday it was barring its citizens from traveling to Indonesia over concerns about the coronavirus outbreak there.

An official source at the Interior Ministry said the decision is based on the Kingdom’s keenness on the safety of its citizens, reported the Saudi Press Agency.

It urged Saudis in Indonesia to exercise caution and avoid areas with high infection rates.

Indonesia has one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks due to a rapid spread of the Delta variant, reporting around 1,000 deaths from the respiratory disease each day in the past week, including a new record on Wednesday of 1,383 fatalities.

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Saudi Arabia Condemns Israeli Plans to Displace Palestinians from Gaza

Saudi Arabia Condemns Israeli Plans to Displace Palestinians from Gaza
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Saudi Arabia Condemns Israeli Plans to Displace Palestinians from Gaza

Saudi Arabia Condemns Israeli Plans to Displace Palestinians from Gaza

Saudi Arabia condemned on Monday Israel’s announcement of the establishment of an agency that aims to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, as well as the approval of the separation of 13 illegal settlement neighborhoods in the West Bank in preparation for legitimizing them as settlements.

The Kingdom reiterated its firm rejection of Israel’s continuous violations of international law and international humanitarian law, said the Foreign Ministry.

It stressed that lasting and just peace cannot be achieved without the Palestinian people obtaining their legitimate rights in accordance with international resolutions and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.