News from Al-Madinah: Princess Rima Bint Bandar, the ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the United States of America, claimed in an interview with CNN that the disagreement between the United States and the Kingdom “is not a political, but a purely economic issue,” noting that a review of the bilateral relations. A positive matter, “and it is certain that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” is not the kingdom it was 5 or 10 years ago.
“It is obvious that we have reached a point of disagreement, and many people have tried to make this political, but you hear it from the stakeholders now,” Princess Rima remarked. It is not political, but purely economical, based on the experience of 40 or 50 years of determining the trends, and we are not involved In the policy of anyone, we simply participate as a balance and stability factor for the economy through the energy market as we did historically.
” When asked whether the Kingdom is biased to Russia, Princess Rima replied by saying: “The Kingdom has a policy of dealing with everyone in all fields, those we agree with and who do not agree with them, and the relationship we have with Russia is what allowed us to release prisoners of war,” Added her: “We consider axes and our function as a mediator. Ukraine has supported us and provided it with more than 400 million.
They worked along with Ukraine and Poland to offer $10 million so that migrants going from Ukraine to Poland could do so safely.” She made clear that “Is this biassed toward Russia because this is what we do and what our involvement is worth? No.
Regarding the Kingdom’s relationship with the United States, Princess Rima said, “The world cannot do without a relationship with the United States of America; the United States is the United States; our partner and strategic ally were both 80 years old; and I hear many people talking about reforming or reviewing the relationship with the Kingdom; I actually think that this is positive; this kingdom is not the kingdom that it was five years ago.
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The conflict with America is not political, says Rima Bint Bandar.
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