Saudi envoy: Syria must cooperate on chemical weapons

Saudi Arabia Ambassador to the United Nations Abdallah Y. al-Mouallimi. (AP)
Updated 19 October 2019
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Saudi envoy: Syria must cooperate on chemical weapons

  • Al-Mouallimi: Saudi Arabia has provided all capabilities and assistance for the development of Lebanon. But Syria provided the country with terrorist militias like Hezbollah

NEW YORK: Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the UN, Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, has called on the Syrian authorities to fully cooperate with the teams involved in the implementation of all decisions related to the use of chemical weapons.
The demand came in Al-Mouallimi’s response to the statement against the Kingdom by Syria’s permanent representative to the UN during the plenary session of the Committee on Disarmament and International Security.
Al-Mouallimi said: “Saudi Arabia has provided all capabilities and assistance for the development of Lebanon. But Syria provided the country with terrorist militias like Hezbollah, the military intervention that resulted in Lebanon losing many years of progress.”

 


Saudi FM arrives in Germany ahead of Munich Security Conference

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan. (File/AFP)
Updated 12 February 2026
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Saudi FM arrives in Germany ahead of Munich Security Conference

  • Prince Faisal and other dignitaries are scheduled to discuss key regional and international issues, as well as challenges facing global security and stability

RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in Munich on Thursday to head the Kingdom’s delegation participating in the Munich Security Conference, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The Kingdom's delegation to the conference includes Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy for Climate Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, Governor of the National Cybersecurity Authority Majed bin Mohammed Al-Mazyed, and CEO of the Center for Strategic Defense Studies and Research Major General Fahd bin Hamad Al-Otaibi.

Prince Faisal and other dignitaries are scheduled to discuss key regional and international issues, as well as challenges facing global security and stability at the conference.

The 62nd Munich Security Conference will take place from February 13 to 15.