Saudi Leadership Congratulates Emir of Qatar on National Day

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Saudi Leadership Congratulates Emir of Qatar on National Day

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Asharq Al-Awsat)

The Saudi leadership congratulated on Sunday Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad on the occasion of his country’s national day.

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz sent a cable to the Emir on the occasion.

He wished him sincerest congratulations and good health and the government and people of Qatar progress and prosperity.

He hailed the fraternal relations that bind Saudi Arabia and Qatar and their people, saying all parties seek to bolster and develop them in all fields.

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, sent a similar cable to Sheikh Tamim.

Separately, King Salman sent two cables of condolences to King of Malaysia Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah and the Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, on the victims of the landslide in Selangor state.

“We have received the news of the landslide in Selangor State and the resulting deaths, injuries and missing persons,” said King Salman in his cables.

He sent to the King, the PM and the families of the deceased and the people of Malaysia the deepest and sincerest condolences.

“We ask God Almighty to have mercy upon the victims and grant their families patience and solace and a speedy recovery for all the injured, return the missing people safely, and to preserve the leadership and the people of Malaysia from all misfortune and harm.”

Crown Prince Mohammed sent similar cables to Malaysia’s King and the Premier.



Saudi Arabia Welcomes Ceasefire Agreement in Gaza

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Saudi Arabia Welcomes Ceasefire Agreement in Gaza

Saudi Arabia welcomed on Thursday the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip and expressed its appreciation for the efforts exerted by the states of Qatar, Egypt and the United States in that regard, the Saudi Press Agency said.
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Kingdom emphasized the importance of upholding the terms of the agreement, halting Israeli aggression against Gaza, and ensuring the complete withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from Gaza and all other Palestinian and Arab territories. The Kingdom further called for the safe return of displaced persons to their homes.
The Kingdom also stressed the importance of building on this agreement to address the root causes of the conflict by enabling the Palestinian people to claim their rights, foremost among them is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state along the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The Kingdom expressed hopes that the agreement would permanently end this brutal Israeli war, which has claimed the lives of more than 45,000 people and injured more than 100,000.