King Salman Issues Royal Order Promoting, Appointing 14 Judges at Court of Grievances

 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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King Salman Issues Royal Order Promoting, Appointing 14 Judges at Court of Grievances

 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued on Monday a Royal Order to promote and appoint 14 judges to the Court of Grievances.

President of the Court of Grievances and Chief of the Administrative Judiciary Council Sheikh Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed al-Yousef indicated that the order included the promotion of a judge of appeal to the rank of president of the court of appeal and the promotion of three judges from deputy court-B to the rank of deputy court-A.

The order also included promoting two judges from the rank of judge-B to the rank of judge-A, four judges from the rank of judge-C to the rank of judge-B and two judicial lieutenants to the rank of judge-C.

The King also appointed two judicial lieutenants.

Al-Yousef said that the royal order asserts the keenness of the Saudi leadership on everything that would support the administrative judiciary and develop its performance with distinguished judicial competencies to reach ensure having a firm administrative judiciary with provisions that preserve rights and redress grievances.



Gulf, EU Leaders Meet for First Summit against Background of Mideast Turmoil

European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Saudi Arabia Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud pose during an official welcome ceremony on the day of the joint European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, in Brussels Belgium October 16, 2024. (Reuters)
European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Saudi Arabia Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud pose during an official welcome ceremony on the day of the joint European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, in Brussels Belgium October 16, 2024. (Reuters)
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Gulf, EU Leaders Meet for First Summit against Background of Mideast Turmoil

European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Saudi Arabia Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud pose during an official welcome ceremony on the day of the joint European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, in Brussels Belgium October 16, 2024. (Reuters)
European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Saudi Arabia Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud pose during an official welcome ceremony on the day of the joint European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, in Brussels Belgium October 16, 2024. (Reuters)

The leaders of six Gulf nations and European Union met for an inaugural summit on Wednesday against a backdrop of turmoil in the Middle East and struggles to find a unified position on the war in Ukraine and relations with Russia.

Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, led Saudi Arabia’s delegation to the meeting in Brussels.

The summit was expected to encompass everything from visas and trade to the situation in the Middle East.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said the summit was “long overdue” and added that “the economic ties between the European Union and the Gulf countries need to be strengthened."

“They are there, but they have the potential to be developed much, much further,” he said.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed that “to be strategic partners means to listen to each other, to respect each other, to trust each other.”

She also highlighted the need for cooperation on pressing geopolitical issues like the war in Ukraine and that of Israel against Hamas and Hezbollah groups.

“We cannot implement our economic ambitions without security,” she said.

The 27-nation EU has long had relations with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, which include Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Kuwait.