#Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud

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Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud clearly explaining the simple truth and reality of this, asserting Palestinians right to their own land, to live in safety and security with freedom and self determination: "The weight has to be lifted, but it is not to be lifted by the Arab world. It is to be lifted by removing that weight and that is very easy: by stopping the killing, by stopping the blockade, by allowing enough humanitarian aid to go in to support the Palestinians.

The Palestinians do not want to leave their land. And we are not going to encourage them or force them to leave their land and we are not going to work with anyone who has that agenda.

The Palestinians have a right to their land, and they have a right to live in safety and security and dignity on their land. And that is what we will push for and that is what we will work towards."

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meeting Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud in Damascus, Syria today, 18 April 2023

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Les questions régionales au coeur des échanges entre les ministres chinois et saoudien

Les ministres des Affaires étrangères de Chine et d'Arabie saoudite ont discuté des guerres à Gaza et en Ukraine

Les ministres des Affaires étrangères de Chine et d’Arabie saoudite ont discuté le 31 mai 2024 des guerres à Gaza et en Ukraine, a indiqué le ministère chinois des Affaires étrangères. Wang Yi a reçu son homologue saoudien, le prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, à Pékin, où il a participé au Forum de coopération sino-arabe, selon un communiqué officiel publié à Pékin. Le prince Faisal bin Farhan Al…

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Listen to how brilliantly the Saudi Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud answered her question.

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I'm sick of mainstream media ,the only 2 questions the ask the people who are against their genocide are:

1) 'Do you condemn Khaaaamas?"

2) ' Why doesn't the Arab countries unify and take in Palestinian refugees?'

Firstly ,we will condemn Kkkkhhhaaammas when Israeli apologists accept israels 75 years of ethnic cleansing in Palestine

And Secondly, Palestinians will not leave their land,and Why should they?

Arab leaders are aware that.

Why should the holy land be handed over to the most ungodly people on earth?

Israel will never succeed in driving out Palestinians from their motherland !

#vivapalestina #Palestine

#saudiarabia

#gaza #gazagenocide #freepalestine #gazaunderattack #israel 🤮

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Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud responded to the United Nations #Saudi #Palestine

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In the meantime, while Iran was coordinating with the resistance groups on the military front, China and Saudi Arabia shifted gear on the diplomatic track. On Thursday, even as the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was heading for Arab capitals after talks in Tel Aviv, seeking help to get the hostages released by Hamas, China’s Special Envoy on the Middle East Zhai Jun contacted the Deputy Minister for Political Affairs of the Saudi foreign ministry Arabia Saud M. Al-Sati on the Palestine-Israel situation with focus on the Palestine issue and the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza, in particular. The contrast couldn’t be sharper. 

On the same day, an extraordinary event took place in the Chinese foreign ministry when the Arab envoys in Beijing sought a group meeting with Special Envoy Zhai to underscore their collective stance that a “very severe” humanitarian crisis has emerged following Israel’s attack on Gaza and “the international community has the responsibility to take immediate actions to ease the tension, promote the resumption of talks for peace, and safeguard the Palestinian people’s lawful national rights.” 

The Arab ambassadors thanked China “for upholding a just position on the Palestinian question … and expressed the hope that China will continue to play a positive and constructive role.” Zhai voiced full understanding that the “top priority is to keep calm and exercise restraint, protect civilians, and provide necessary conditions for relieving the humanitarian crisis.” 

After this extraordinary meeting, the Chinese Foreign Ministry posted on its website at midnight a full-bodied statement by Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi titled China Stands on the Side of Peace and Human Conscience on the Question of Palestine. This reportedly prompted a call by the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan to Wang Yi. 

Interestingly, Blinken too called Wang Yi from Riyadh on October 14,     where, according to the state department readout, he “reiterated U.S. support for Israel’s right to defend itself and called for an immediate cessation of Hamas’ attacks and the release of all hostages” and stressed the importance of “discouraging other parties (read Iran and Hezbollah) from entering the conflict.”

Succinctly put, in all these exchanges involving Saudi Arabia — especially, in Blinken’s meetings in Riyadh with Saudi FM and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, while the US focused on the hostage issue, the Saudi side instead turned the attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The state department readouts (here and here) bring out the two sides’ divergent priorities. 

Suffice to say, a coordinated Saudi-Iranian strategy backed by China is putting pressure on Israel to agree to a ceasefire and to de-escalate. The UN’s backing isolates Israel further.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s exit is to be expected but he won’t throw in the towel without a fight. US-Israel ties may come under strain. President Biden is caught in a bind, harking back to Jimmy Carter’s predicament over the Iran hostage crisis in 1980, which ended his bid for a second term as president. Biden is already backtracking. 

Where do things go from here? Clearly, the longer the Israeli assault on Gaza continues, the international condemnation and demand to allow a humanitarian corridor will only intensify. Not only will countries like India which expressed “solidarity” with Israel lose face in the Global South, even Washington’s European allies will be hard-pressed. It remains to be seen whether an invasion of Gaza by Israel is anymore realistic at all. 

Going forward, the Arab-Iran-China axis will raise the plight of Gaza in the UN Security Council unless Israel retracted. Russia has proposed a draft resolution and is insisting on a voting. If the US vetoes the resolution, the UN GA may step in to adopt it. 

Meanwhile, the US project to resuscitate the Abraham Accords loses traction and the plot to undermine the China-brokered Saudi-Iranian rapprochement faces sudden death.

As regards the power dynamic in West Asia, these trends can only work to the advantage of Russia and China, especially if the BRICS were to take a lead role at some point to navigate a Middle East peace process that is no longer the monopoly of the US. This is payback time for Russia. 

The era of petrodollar is ending — and along with that, the US’ global hegemony. The emergent trends, therefore, go a long way to strengthen multipolarity in the world order. 

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Daily Wrap Up February 25-26, 2023

Under the cut:

Ukrainian troops are standing their ground around Bakhmut despite a significant concentration of Russian forces near the eastern town, a Ukrainian commander said Saturday.

For the first time since the two countries established diplomatic relations 30 years ago, a Saudi foreign minister has visited Ukraine. "Ukraine will receive real help from Saudi Arabia," the Ukrainian official said. "The Presidential Office signed two documents formalizing a $400 million aid package to Ukraine: $100 million in humanitarian aid and $300 million in oil products."

The delivery of 12 Mi-8 MTV-1 and two Mi-8 T helicopters from Croatia to Ukraine is underway, Croatian newspaper Jutarnji said it had learned, without citing its sources.

Poland’s largest oil company, PKN Orlen, has stopped receiving oil via the Druzhba pipeline from Russia, its chief executive officer, Daniel Obajtek, has said.

Explosions have reportedly been heard in the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine, according to Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to the exiled city’s mayor. The explosions were reported in the location of a large Russian military personnel cluster, he said.

“Ukrainian troops are standing their ground around Bakhmut despite a significant concentration of Russian forces near the eastern town, a Ukrainian commander said Saturday.

Cmdr. Yuriy Fedorovych Madyar, a colonel in Ukraine's military, published a video message on his Telegram channel about the state of the fighting around Bakhmut, which remains one of the most fiercely contested territories in the war.

"Ukrainian troops have retained their positions on all three suburbs of Bakhmut — the northern, eastern and southern-southwestern. The enemy had no territorial successes," Madyar said. "Enemy assault operations were unsuccessful." The colonel said Ukrainian forces "don't see any additional accumulation" of Russian troops in these areas. Still, the concentration of Russian forces in Bakhmut is "already considerable," allowing the Russians "to launch assault operations several times a day."  

Madyar said the situation in the southern suburbs of Bakhut is stable, and that it's the northern suburbs that are proving "the most difficult part of the front lines to hold on to."

"There is a large number of enemy troops and high intensity of enemy assault operations," Madyar said, describing the situation in the northern suburbs. "Appropriate forces were sent there to prevent the enemy from implementing its plan to surround the city and its outskirts."   Madyar said that over the past week, the number of remaining civilians seen in the streets of Bakhmut "has fallen to zero."

What Russia is saying: Russia state news agency RIA Novosti carried a report this week showing a Russian soldier walking through the outskirts of Bakhmut, saying that Ukrainian forces have been holding on to their lines but retreating "occasionally."

And the Russian private military company Wagner has claimed that it now controls the village of Yahidne. The village is in the northern suburbs of Bakhmut — the same area that Madyar, the Ukrainian colonel, said was proving the most difficult to hold.

CNN has not been able to independently verify either side's claims on recent troop movements around Bakhmut.”-via CNN

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“For the first time since the two countries established diplomatic relations 30 years ago, a Saudi foreign minister has visited Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelensky's office released a video of him meeting Saudi Arabia's Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on Sunday.

Zelensky said he expected the meeting would "provide a new impetus to further intensification of our mutually beneficial dialogue."

"Thank you for supporting peace in Ukraine, our sovereignty, and territorial integrity," he continued. "This is very important for us and our society."

Saudi Arabia has steered a neutral course in the conflict. The Kingdom mediated a prisoner exchange last year, in which two American and five British citizens were released from Russian detention.

Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian presidential office, called the meeting successful in a message on Telegram.

"Ukraine will receive real help from Saudi Arabia," the Ukrainian official said. "The Presidential Office signed two documents formalizing a $400 million aid package to Ukraine: $100 million in humanitarian aid and $300 million in oil products."

"Ukraine and Saudi Arabia have common challenges and experiences in dealing with them. We are talking about Iranian UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones) that were supplied to certain 'rebels' and attacked Saudi oil facilities," Yermak said, in a reference to the use of Iranian drones by Houthi forces in Yemen.

"Since last year, the same Iranian UAVs have been in possession of Russian terrorists and have been attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure."”-via CNN

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“The delivery of 12 Mi-8 MTV-1 and two Mi-8 T helicopters from Croatia to Ukraine is underway, Croatian newspaper Jutarnji said it had learned, without citing its sources.

As the Croatian government keeps all information on military aid confidential, the news outlet said obtaining official confirmation of the delivery was impossible.

Reports that Croatia's Defense Ministry would donate some of its Soviet-made Mi-8 helicopters to Ukraine emerged last year in November.

According to the outlet's sources, however, the helicopters are currently being disassembled and prepared for delivery and will be ready for transport in about ten days.

While Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has publicly voiced support for Ukraine, the country's president, Zoran Milanovic has repeatedly spoken out against providing military support to Ukraine as it defends against full-scale Russian invasion.

Jutarnji reported that Milanovic was angered by the announcement that Croatia would deliver helicopters to Ukraine last November, saying at the time that Croatia's Defense Ministry did not inform him how these helicopters would be replaced.

On Jan. 30, Milanovic criticized the West's decision to send tanks to Ukraine and said that the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula would "never again be part of Ukraine," prompting a response from Ukrainian officials.”-via Kyiv Independent

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“Poland’s largest oil company, PKN Orlen, has stopped receiving oil via the Druzhba pipeline from Russia, its chief executive officer, Daniel Obajtek, has said.

Posting to Twitter, Obajtek said:

We’re effectively securing supplies. Russia has halted supplies to Poland, for which we are prepared.

Orlen said it could fully supply its refineries via sea and that consumers would not be affected by the halt.

The Druzhba pipeline, which supplies oil to Poland and Germany, as well as to Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, was exempted from EU sanctions to help countries with limited options for alternative deliveries.

Russian oil accounts for about 10% of Polish supply after Warsaw cut imports after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year.”-via The Guardian

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“Explosions have reportedly been heard in the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine, according to Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to the exiled city’s mayor.

The explosions were reported in the location of a large Russian military personnel cluster, he said.

Andriushchenko, posting on Telegram, wrote:

The sounds of explosions along the line of Yalta village / Yuryivka village (location of a large concentration of occupiers) in Mariupol district are reported. We verify the reports. Air raid alert was announced in Ukraine, but occupiers are struck.

“It’s a good trend,” he added.

Ukraine’s armed forces have in recent days claimed strikes on Mariupol, previously thought to be outside the effective range of Ukrainian missiles, Kyiv Post has reported.

Nataliya Humeniuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s armed forces, on Thursay said:

At this stage, we can only state that inaccessibility is a very relative concept. What is considered so remote that it is unreachable, is not always so. The direction of Mariupol is no longer completely unreachable for us.”-via The Guardian

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The idea that History has an endpoint, as promoted by clueless neoconservatives in the unipolar 1990s, is flawed, as it is in an endless process of renewal. The recent official meeting between Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Beijing marks a territory that was previously deemed unthinkable and which has undoubtedly caused grief for the War Inc. machine. This single handshake signifies the burial of trillions of dollars that were spent on dividing and ruling West Asia for over four decades. Additionally, the Global War on Terror (GWOT), the fabricated reality of the new millennium, … Continue reading →

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Iran's foreign minister said on Wednesday he spoke with his Saudi counterpart on the sidelines of a conference in Jordan the previous day, the highest-level encounter reported between officials from the rival states since they cut ties in 2016.[...]

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, tweeting in Arabic, on Wednesday listed his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, as one of several foreign ministers with whom he had the chance to hold "friendly talks" on the sidelines of the Jordan conference.[...]

In separate comments reported by Iran's official IRNA news agency, Amirabdollahian said he had "announced our readiness to continue the process that started in Baghdad".

"We are interested in resuming talks with Saudi Arabia and they also wanted it," he said, according to IRNA. [...]

Amirabdollahian, in his Tweet, said he also spoke with the foreign ministers of Oman, Qatar, Iraq and Kuwait.

21 Dec 22

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Saudi Crown Prince Receives Message from Maldives President on Strengthening Ties

Riyadh, August 19 (QNA) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, received a written message on Monday from Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu. The message focused on enhancing bilateral relations and exploring opportunities for cooperation in various fields.

The message was handed over by the Maldives' Minister of Foreign Affairs, Moosa Zameer, during a meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah.

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Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad is in Saudi Arabia and is meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan

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Turkish FM expresses hope for Syria to embrace Turkey's call for normalisation

 Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said that Turkey has issued a high-level call for normalisation with Syria, highlighting its utmost importance, and expressed hope for a positive response from Syria. Addressing a press conference alongside visiting Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Istanbul on Sunday, Fidan expressed hope that the Syrian government would acknowledge…

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Menhan Prabowo Mengunjungi MBS ke Arab Saudi, Bahas Isu Global dan Palestina

JEDDAH - Menteri Pertahanan RI Prabowo Subianto melakukan kunjungan kehormatan kepada Putra Mahkota dan Perdana Menteri Arab Saudi Muhammad bin Salman (MBS) bin Abdulaziz Al Saud di Jeddah, Arab Saudi, Rabu (12/6/2024). Dalam pertemuan itu, kedua pihak meninjau hubungan bilateral antara dua negara, aspek kerja sama di berbagai bidang, dan cara-cara untuk mendukung dan mengembangkannya. Adapun keduanya meninjau situasi global saat ini, termasuk situasi di Palestina. Menhan Prabowo dalam kesempatan itu menekankan pentingnya hubungan bilateral antara Indonesia dan Arab Saudi dan kolaborasi kedua negara untuk berbagai upaya perdamaian internasional. "Arab Saudi bagi Indonesia merupakan mitra utama dalam dialog dan penyelesaian isu-isu kawasan dan global," ujar Menhan Prabowo. "Saya telah menyaksikan keteguhan Yang Mulia dalam menegaskan kepemimpinan Arab Saudi di kawasan dan sekitarnya, termasuk dalam mempromosikan perdamaian dan stabilitas untuk saudara-saudara kita di Palestina. Isu Palestina sangat dekat dengan hati kita," jelasnya. Menhan Prabowo juga memaparkan bahwa dalam KTT Call for Action untuk Gaza di Amman, Yordania beberapa hari lalu, dirinya menekankan dukungan kokoh Indonesia untuk Palestina dan perlunya tindakan bersatu dan konkret untuk mendorong gencatan senjata segera dan permanen. Indonesia juga mendorong kepatuhan Israel terhadap perintah Mahkamah Internasional, keanggotaan penuh Palestina di Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa (PBB), dan mendukung pekerjaan kemanusiaan di lapangan, termasuk UNRWA sebagai penyedia layanan utama bagi pengungsi Palestina. “Saya mengandalkan kepemimpinan Anda dalam membela perdamaian, keadilan, dan kemanusiaan untuk Palestina," sambung Menhan. Adapun Menhan Prabowo mengapresiasi hubungan perdagangan Indonesia dan Arab Saudi yang kuat. Meskipun ketidakpastian global yang masih ada, perdagangan bilateral kedua negara mempertahankan tren positif. Menhan Prabowo mendorong kedua negara untuk terus bekerja sama meningkatkan perdagangan dengan menjajaki peluang baru, termasuk memperluas potensi perdagangan produk industri pertahanan, teknologi pertanian, industri halal, dan industri kreatif. MBS pada kesempatan tersebut mengapresiasi hubungan dekat antara kedua negara, di mana Indonesia dianggap rumah kedua bagi Arab Saudi. Ia juga menyorot perlunya peningkatan kerja sama ekonomi dan investasi dengan Indonesia. MBS juga menyoroti isu yang sama terkait masalah Palestina, di mana gencatan senjata masih mempunyai syarat yang belum ada titik temu. Pertemuan juga turut dihadiri oleh sejumlah pejabat tinggi Arab Saudi, di antaranya Pangeran Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Menteri Pertahanan, Pangeran Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, Menteri Luar Negeri, dan Menteri Negara, Menteri Dewan Menteri, Penasihat Keamanan Nasional, Dr. Musaed bin Mohammed Al-Oeban. (Biro Humas Setjen Kemhan)

JEDDAH – Menteri Pertahanan RI Prabowo Subianto melakukan kunjungan kehormatan kepada Putra Mahkota dan Perdana Menteri Arab Saudi Muhammad bin Salman (MBS) bin Abdulaziz Al Saud di Jeddah, Arab Saudi, Rabu (12/6/2024). Dalam pertemuan itu, kedua pihak meninjau hubungan bilateral antara dua negara, aspek kerja sama di berbagai bidang, dan cara-cara untuk mendukung dan mengembangkannya. Adapun…

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Armenian and Saudi Foreign Ministers Discuss Bilateral Relations Regional and International Developments

RIYADH — On April 17, the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia commenced, where he met with with Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia. It is the first high-level visit after the establishment of diplomatic relations in November 2023, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reported. The interlocutors commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia, emphasizing that the organization of the high-level visit after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries is the best evidence of the desire…

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Saudi Arabia's high-level delegation to arrive in Pakistan today

In a major development, Saudi Arabia’s high-level delegation led by Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah will land in Pakistan on a two-day official visit, from April 15 to 16. The development came after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, during a recent meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, reaffirmed that Riyadh would never leave Islamabad alone. During the…

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Faisal, il mondo arabo chiede una tregua immediata a Gaza

    “Siamo d’accordo sull’importanza della pace ma noi nel mondo arabo, e noi in Arabia Saudita, crediamo fortemente nella necessità di una tregua immediata per alleviare la sofferenza della popolazione di Gaza e questa è un’area dove dobbiamo discutere più approfonditamente”. Lo ha detto il ministro degli Affari Esteri saudita, Principe Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, incontrando l’alto…