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Saudi Arabia Underscores Efforts to Reach Political Solution to Ukraine Crisis

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday. (SPA)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday. (SPA)
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Saudi Arabia Underscores Efforts to Reach Political Solution to Ukraine Crisis

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday. (SPA)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday. (SPA)

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah stressed on Sunday the Kingdom’s support to international efforts aimed at reaching a political solution to the Ukrainian-Russian crisis.

Prince Faisal held official talks in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

They tackled bilateral relations between their countries and opportunities to develop them. They also addressed regional and international developments of common interest.

Prince Faisal conveyed to Zelenskyy the greetings of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister.

He underscored Riyadh’s keenness and support of all international efforts aimed at resolving the Ukrainian-Russian crisis through political means.

He also underlined Saudi Arabia’s ongoing efforts to help ease the ensuing humanitarian crisis caused by the conflict.

The meeting was attended by Advisor at the Royal Court and King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Supervisor General Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Marshad, Saudi Ambassador to Ukraine Mohammed bin Suleiman Al-Mesher Al-Jebreen, and Director General of the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Dawood.

Prince Faisal later held talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba for talks on the latest developments in the crisis.

He stressed Saudi Arabia’s support for efforts that would de-escalate the conflict, protect civilians and reach a negotiated political solution.

They discussed opportunities to bolster bilateral cooperation and ways to develop relations in several fields.

Later on Sunday, Prince Faisal and head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak attended the signing ceremony of an agreement and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Kingdom and Ukraine, worth up to $400 million.

The signing is in line with Saudi Arabia’s pledge in October 2022 to provide an additional humanitarian aid package to Ukraine. The announcement was made at the time during a telephone call between Crown Prince Mohammed and Zelenskyy.

The agreement includes a joint cooperation program for providing humanitarian assistance from the Kingdom to Ukraine worth $100 million. It was co-signed by Dr. Al-Rabeeah and Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine and Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, Oleksandr Kubrakov.

The MoU also calls for providing $300 million worth of oil derivatives as a grant from Saudi Arabia to Ukraine through the SFD. The MoU was signed by Al-Marshad and Ukraine’s Minister of Energy German Galushchenko.

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GCC Commits to Peace and Good Neighborliness, Says Security of Gulf States Is ‘Indivisible’

Heads of delegations are seen at the 167th Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Manama on Wednesday. (GCC)
Heads of delegations are seen at the 167th Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Manama on Wednesday. (GCC)
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GCC Commits to Peace and Good Neighborliness, Says Security of Gulf States Is ‘Indivisible’

Heads of delegations are seen at the 167th Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Manama on Wednesday. (GCC)
Heads of delegations are seen at the 167th Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Manama on Wednesday. (GCC)

The 167th Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) condemned on Wednesday the latest Iranian attacks against Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan as “flagrant violations against their sovereignty and security of their people.”

Meeting in Manama, the council slammed the attacks as violations of international law, United Nations Charter and values of good neighborliness.

“These hostile acts do not serve any understanding or rapprochement, but rather distance peoples from one another, undermine the foundations of trust, sow discord and close the doors of dialogue to which the GCC states have always called for,” it said in a statement.

“Aggression does not build relations, and intimidation does not create stability,” it stressed, while expressing its full solidarity with Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan.

“The security of the GCC states is indivisible, and that any attack against one of them is an attack against them all,” it went on to say.

The council reassured the citizens of its states and residents on their territories that the joint defense capabilities and air defense systems are confronting these attacks with high efficiency and readiness, and that the leaderships of the GCC states are moving forward in safeguarding the security and stability of the region.

“These attacks will only increase the cohesion, determination and resolve of the peoples of the GCC states to resist and confront them,” continued the statement.

Moreover, it underscored the right of GCC states to defend themselves “individually and collectively, and to respond to this aggression by all legitimate means, in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, which guarantees the inherent right of states to defend themselves if an armed attack occurs against them.”

“The council holds Iran fully responsible for these acts and their grave repercussions on the security of the region, international navigation and energy supplies, and demands their immediate cessation and a complete end to any targeting of the GCC states, their interests and their citizens,” urged the statement.

The council called upon the Security Council and the international community to assume their responsibilities in condemning this aggression and holding its perpetrators accountable, in a manner that ensures respect for the sovereignty of states and the preservation of regional and international peace and security.

The council, while renewing the GCC states’ commitment to the option of peace, good neighborliness and diplomatic solutions as a means of settling disputes, posed “a fundamental question to the aggressor: How can future relations be built amid the continuation of these attacks and the insistence on pursuing them?”

“Persistence in the path of aggression will only lead to further isolation, while the door to understanding remains open to those who choose the language of wisdom and good neighborliness,” it added.

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Saudi Foreign Ministry: Saudi Arabia Condemns Blatant Iranian Attacks Against Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan

Saudi Foreign Ministry: Saudi Arabia Condemns Blatant Iranian Attacks Against Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan
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Saudi Foreign Ministry: Saudi Arabia Condemns Blatant Iranian Attacks Against Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan

Saudi Foreign Ministry: Saudi Arabia Condemns Blatant Iranian Attacks Against Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s strong condemnation and denunciation of the blatant Iranian attacks and flagrant violations of the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, considering them a threat to the security and safety of their territories and airspace.

In a statement, the ministry said: “The Kingdom affirms that the continuation of these attacks threatens regional and international security and undermines efforts aimed at de-escalation and the restoration of security and stability in the region.”

The Kingdom also reiterated its full solidarity with Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan, and its support for all measures taken by these nations to safeguard their sovereignty, security, stability, and the safety of their citizens and residents.

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Saudi Foreign Minister Arrives in Bahrain for GCC Ministerial Meeting

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah arrives in Manama - SPA
Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah arrives in Manama - SPA
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Saudi Foreign Minister Arrives in Bahrain for GCC Ministerial Meeting

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah arrives in Manama - SPA
Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah arrives in Manama - SPA

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah arrived in Manama on Wednesday to participate in the 167th meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Ministerial Council, chaired by Bahrain’s minister of foreign affairs, in his capacity as the current session chair, and attended by foreign ministers of the GCC member states.

He was welcomed at Manama International Airport by Bahraini Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani and GCC Secretary-General Jasem Albudaiwi.