Chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed, Saudi Govt Reviews Recent Foreign Policy Efforts

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chairs a cabinet session in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA)
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chairs a cabinet session in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA)
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Chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed, Saudi Govt Reviews Recent Foreign Policy Efforts

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chairs a cabinet session in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA)
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chairs a cabinet session in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA)

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chaired on Tuesday a Saudi cabinet session that was held in Riyadh.

The ministers tackled the Kingdom’s foreign policy efforts at various regional and international events in recent days.

The efforts are aimed at addressing common challenges, most notably humanitarian and security efforts and addressing climate challenges.

The cabinet reviewed Crown Prince Mohammed’s telephone call with Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday. The talks focused on means to develop joint cooperation between Riyadh and Algiers.

The cabinet also addressed the launch of the second edition of the Middle East Green Initiative Summit and the Saudi Green Initiative Forum that will take place in Egypt in November when the country hosts the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).

The cabinet stressed that the two initiatives reflect the Kingdom’s commitment in supporting collective efforts in combating climate and environment challenges in the region and world.

In remarks to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Acting Minister of Media Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi highlighted the recent launch of the National Initiative for Global Supply Chains.

The initiative aims at strengthening the Kingdom's position as a major center and a vital link in global supply chains. It also aims at attracting quality industrial and service investments worth SAR 40 billion during the first two years of its launch. The initiative underscores the Kingdom's constant efforts to contribute to the stability and growth of the global economy.

The cabinet also highlighted the two agreements signed by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) aimed at preventing and combating measles and polio outbreaks in a number of countries.

The cabinet discussed the Kingdom's participation in the high-level international conference on "International and Regional Border Security and Management Cooperation to Counter Terrorism and Prevent the Movement of Terrorists" in Tajikistan. The Kingdom’s efforts in this regard were highlighted at the regional and international levels.



Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Arrives in Saudi Arabia Ahead of Summit with US

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center left, meets with Prince Saud bin Mishaal, deputy governor of Saudi Arabia's Makkah region, center right, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, March 10, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center left, meets with Prince Saud bin Mishaal, deputy governor of Saudi Arabia's Makkah region, center right, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, March 10, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Arrives in Saudi Arabia Ahead of Summit with US

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center left, meets with Prince Saud bin Mishaal, deputy governor of Saudi Arabia's Makkah region, center right, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, March 10, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center left, meets with Prince Saud bin Mishaal, deputy governor of Saudi Arabia's Makkah region, center right, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, March 10, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived Monday in Saudi Arabia for a visit ahead of his team's meeting with America's top diplomat.

While Zelenskyy himself won't be there, his team will try to repair the damage done when his Feb. 28 visit to Washington descended into an Oval Office argument with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

At stake is the military aid and intelligence previously offered by the United States that had helped Kyiv since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Saudi state television reported Zelenskyy's arrival in Jeddah, a port city on the Red Sea where the Ukraine-US summit will take place Tuesday.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was en route to Jeddah as well. However, it didn't appear that Rubio and Zelenskyy would meet in person there.

Zelenskyy has said a team including his chief of staff Andriy Yermak, Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov will take part in the talks Tuesday. Rubio will lead the American team.

If Ukraine and the US reach an understanding acceptable to Trump, that could accelerate his administration’s push to peace talks. However, the rest of Europe remains skeptical as it has been sidelined.

The European Union last week agreed to boost the continent’s defenses and to free up hundreds of billions of euros for security in response to the Trump administration's shift in stance on Ukraine.