Sweden’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia visits headquarters of Arab News

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Arab News editor-in-chief Faisal Abbas presents a gift of artwork commemorating the day that Saudi women were allowed to drive to Petra Menander, ambassador of Sweden to Saudi Arabia, during her visit to the newspaper's headquarters on Sunday. (AN Photo)
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From left: Bjorn Halvarsson, minister counsellor and deputy head of mission of the Embassy of Sweden in Riyadh; Arab News editor-in-chief Faisal Abbas; Petra Menander, ambassador of Sweden to Saudi Arabia; Ellen Harrestam, intern at the Embassy of Sweden in Riyadh; Marco Ferrari, managing editor, Saudi desk, Arab News. (AN Photo)
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Arab News editor-in-chief Faisal Abbas is pictured with Swedish ambassador to Saudi Arabia Petra Menander during her visit to the Arab News headquarters in Riyadh on Sunday. (AN Photo)
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Updated 03 November 2025
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Sweden’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia visits headquarters of Arab News

  • Two parties discussed evolving relationship between the countries and the potential for future collaboration

RIYADH: Sweden’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Petra Menander met Faisal J. Abbas, the editor-in-chief of Arab News, during a visit to the media organization’s headquarters in Riyadh on Sunday.

The two parties discussed the evolving relationship between the countries and the potential for future collaboration.

Scientist Omar Yaghi, the first Saudi winner of the Nobel Prize presented by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, was another topic of discussion.

It was announced in October that Yaghi had won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in developing metal-organic frameworks.