King Salman sends message to Angolan president

The message for Joao Lourenco was conveyed by Royal Court advisor Ahmed Qattan during a reception at the presidential palace in Luanda. (SPA)
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Updated 23 August 2023
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King Salman sends message to Angolan president

  • Lourenco affirmed Angola’s full support for the Saudi bid to host Expo 2030 in Riyadh
  • Qattan thanked the president and the Angolan government on behalf of the Saudi government for this support

RIYADH: King Salman sent a message to the president of Angola regarding relations between the Kingdom and the African country, Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday.

The message for Joao Lourenco was conveyed by Royal Court advisor Ahmed Qattan during a reception at the presidential palace in Luanda.

During the reception, the two reviewed relations between the two countries and discussed ways of enhancing and developing them.

Qattan, who is on a visit to Angola, also conveyed the good wishes of the king and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the president and the people of Angola.

Lourenco affirmed Angola’s full support for the Saudi bid to host Expo 2030 in Riyadh. Luanda announced its backing in March 2022.

The president also welcomed the first Saudi-African summit and fifth Arab-African summit being held in the Kingdom this year.

Qattan thanked the president and the Angolan government on behalf of the Saudi government for this support.


Saudi Foreign Ministry: Israel's decision on the West Bank undermines efforts to achieve peace and stability

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Saudi Foreign Ministry: Israel's decision on the West Bank undermines efforts to achieve peace and stability

Saudi Arabia condemned Israel's decision to take control of parts of the West Bank, warning the move would undermine efforts to achieve peace and stability, in a statement by the Foreign Ministry on X. 

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s condemnation of the Israeli occupation authorities’ decision to rename the West Bank as “State Lands,” affiliated with the occupation authorities, as part of plans aimed at imposing a new legal and administrative reality in the occupied West Bank, and undermining the ongoing efforts to achieve peace and stability in the region," the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. 

The Ministry said Israel had no right over Palestinian territories and was undermining the two state solution, reafirming the kingdoms support for a independent Palestinain State. 

Israel’s cabinet on Sunday approved ‌further measures to tighten Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank and make it easier for settlers to buy land, in a move Palestinians called “a ​de-facto annexation.” The move has been widely crticised by Arab countries including Qatar, Egypt and Jordan.