Saudi Ambassador to the UN: We have good relations with Russia. Prince Abdullah bin Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United Nations, stressed that there are “good relations” between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Russia.
“Saudi Arabia has good relations with Russia and with many countries in the world,” the Saudi ambassador told CNN in an interview about Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Riyadh.
“The relationship between his country and the United States is historic,” said Ambassador Abdullah bin Khalid on the new US administration’s desire to re-establish relations with Saudi Arabia, especially after an intelligence report blamed the Saudi Crown Prince for the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. And is based on simultaneous interests in the region and the world, but on the other hand, stressed that “the sovereignty and leadership of the kingdom is a red line and we will not compromise on it. “
He wrote: “The remarks of this Saudi official seem to be a kind of line for Washington, especially since the emphasis on having historical relations with Russia shows that if the pressure on Saudi Arabia increases, Riyadh will definitely look for an alternative to its relation with America.
In Addition, Saudi Arabia has been participating in the G20 Summit since the 2008 Washington meeting, which took place during the global financial crisis, highlighting the Kingdom’s economic importance as having the 10th-biggest sovereign wealth fund and the second-largest oil reserves after Venezuela, possessing around 18 percent of the world’s proven petroleum reserves.
