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Saudi Crown Prince Receives Message from Swedish PM

Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed al-Khuraiji receives the message during a meeting with Swedish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Petra Menander in Riyadh. (SPA)
Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed al-Khuraiji receives the message during a meeting with Swedish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Petra Menander in Riyadh. (SPA)
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Saudi Crown Prince Receives Message from Swedish PM

Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed al-Khuraiji receives the message during a meeting with Swedish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Petra Menander in Riyadh. (SPA)
Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed al-Khuraiji receives the message during a meeting with Swedish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Petra Menander in Riyadh. (SPA)

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, received on Tuesday a written message from Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson.

The message hailed the role Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in mediating a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine amid the conflict between them.

This reflects his keenness on supporting all international efforts to resolve the conflict through political means and ease its impact, it added.

The message was received by deputy Foreign Minister Waleed al-Khuraiji, on behalf of Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, during a meeting with Swedish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Petra Menander in Riyadh.

The officials discussed bilateral relations between their countries and ways to develop them in various fields.

They also exchanged views on issues of common interest.

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Saudi Arabia Condemns Israel’s Decision to Expand Settlement of Golan Heights

An Israeli military vehicle rides by the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, as seen from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, December 15, 2024. (Reuters)
An Israeli military vehicle rides by the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, as seen from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, December 15, 2024. (Reuters)
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Saudi Arabia Condemns Israel’s Decision to Expand Settlement of Golan Heights

An Israeli military vehicle rides by the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, as seen from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, December 15, 2024. (Reuters)
An Israeli military vehicle rides by the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, as seen from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, December 15, 2024. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia condemned on Sunday the Israeli government’s decision to expand settlements in the occupied Golan Heights “as it continues to sabotage attempts for Syria to restore its security and stability.”

A Foreign Ministry statement called on the international community to condemn these Israeli violations, stressing the need to respect Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The Golan Heights are Syrian Arab lands, it added.

Israel agreed on Sunday to double its population on the Golan Heights.

"Strengthening the Golan is strengthening the State of Israel, and it is especially important at this time. We will continue to hold onto it, cause it to blossom, and settle in it," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.

Israel captured most of the strategic plateau from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War, annexing it in 1981.