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30 May 2017

Meeting with Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud | President of*Russia


The discussion covered the countries’ cooperation to stabilise the global oil market and the situation in Syria.

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Your Highness, dear friends, I would like to welcome you in Moscow.

I would like to start our meeting by noting that relations between our countries are making steady headway. As for economic ties, there was a certain decline but in the beginning of this year, growth already reached 130 percent.
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Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud (retranslated): Mr President, thank you very much for this opportunity to meet. I am glad to see you in Moscow again. Let me convey to you respects on behalf of his Majesty King of Saudi Arabia.

Today relations between Saudi Arabia and Russia are going through one of the best stages. Our countries have attained mutual understanding on many issues. As for those issues on which we are divided, we have efficient mechanisms for overcoming our differences. We are moving ahead at a fast pace and the current visit will become a big achievement in consolidating relations between Russia and Saudi Arabia.
 
An interview to Al Arabiya.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday vowed to restore “moderate, open” Islam and destroy owners of “extremist ideas today and immediately”.
“We are returning to what we were before -- a country of moderate Islam that is open to all religions and to the world,” he said at an economic forum in Riyadh.
“We will not spend the next 30 years of our lives dealing with destructive ideas. We will destroy them today,” he added.
“We will end extremism very soon.”
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/Ne...o-destroy-extremism-urges-moderate-Islam.html


 
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19 October 2017
Meeting with Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef, Interior Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | Official site of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Having greeted the guest, the Head of State stressed the special importance of the established interstate cooperation of Kazakhstan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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In his turn, Saudi Arabia’s Interior Minister conveyed to the Head of State the greetings of the King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and stressed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is also interested in further deepening and developing fruitful bilateral cooperation.
 
King Salman receives Crown Prince Hamdan of Dubai during the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival event finale in presence of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

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King Salman receives the commander of the US Central Command Kenneth McKenzie on 15 April.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives him also seperate.

Saudi king receives commander of US Central Command | Arab News
 
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Agnes Arabela Marques, who became known to the Portuguese public by running for the fifth edition of the Secret Story, can "be part of the royal family of Saudi Arabia at any time." She herself confesses, exclusively to the Portuguese magazine TV 7 Dias, the possibility of marrying a royal, stating that she is "considering" if she accepts the request made to her two months ago. "Just say yes," he admits.

The reason for the hesitation is only one: "I am afraid of converting to the Muslim religion." «I am afraid that marriage will ruin everything. The weight of a role psychologically affects a man. And the woman too. Everything that was done for love has to be done for duty, ”adds the Romanian.

And is the submission to which, as a woman, she is subjected also something that worries her? «Imagine .. I feminist and a bit narcissistic. Always supporting women… I'm afraid to see something that displeases me and to create a revolution or a women's movement. I am quite capable of that. Even if I marry a Muslim, I want to continue living in Europe. Preferably in Portugal, where I feel safe ”, answers us.

Refusing to reveal the identity of the putative fiancé, at least "until she decides" if she is getting married, Agnes reveals that the two met "a year and a half ago" through business and mutual friends. “Friendship, affection and deep respect” guide the relationship between them.

The move to Saudi Arabia is therefore out of the question. «Living permanently I can't. As great as love was, my freedom is above all, ”argues the former TVI reality show participant. Moreover, this will be a non-issue, since the applicant "is in Portugal, where he has a highly diplomatic post". "More than that I prefer not to say," he anticipates.
https://www.tv7dias.pt/agnes-pedida-em-casamento-passo-pertencer-familia-real

https://translate.google.pt/transla...ida-em-casamento-passo-pertencer-familia-real
 
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Agnes Arabela Marques, who became known to the Portuguese public by running for the fifth edition of the Secret Story, can "be part of the royal family of Saudi Arabia at any time." She herself confesses, exclusively to the Portuguese magazine TV 7 Dias, the possibility of marrying a royal, stating that she is "considering" if she accepts the request made to her two months ago. "Just say yes," he admits.

The reason for the hesitation is only one: "I am afraid of converting to the Muslim religion." «I am afraid that marriage will ruin everything. The weight of a role psychologically affects a man. And the woman too. Everything that was done for love has to be done for duty, ”adds the Romanian.

And is the submission to which, as a woman, she is subjected also something that worries her? «Imagine .. I feminist and a bit narcissistic. Always supporting women… I'm afraid to see something that displeases me and to create a revolution or a women's movement. I am quite capable of that. Even if I marry a Muslim, I want to continue living in Europe. Preferably in Portugal, where I feel safe ”, answers us.

Refusing to reveal the identity of the putative fiancé, at least "until she decides" if she is getting married, Agnes reveals that the two met "a year and a half ago" through business and mutual friends. “Friendship, affection and deep respect” guide the relationship between them.

The move to Saudi Arabia is therefore out of the question. «Living permanently I can't. As great as love was, my freedom is above all, ”argues the former TVI reality show participant. Moreover, this will be a non-issue, since the applicant "is in Portugal, where he has a highly diplomatic post". "More than that I prefer not to say," he anticipates.
https://www.tv7dias.pt/agnes-pedida-em-casamento-passo-pertencer-familia-real

https://translate.google.pt/transla...ida-em-casamento-passo-pertencer-familia-real

Interesting. I know nothing about her, but could the publicity be her means of setting boundaries with a view to her putative fiancé's family?
 
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Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the UK, and Princess Lucy Al Saud were received by Queen Elizabeth in London today, November 13:


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Former pa to a Saudi Princess reveals she had to work until 4am, handwash five outfit changes a day and never turn her back on her employer - while other servants were brutally beaten.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/...-witnessed-working-princess-Saudi-Arabia.html

What a sad story. She should not feel guilty for escaping (and it is revealing that the princess would even attempt to entrap a foreign citizen), but I understand her guilt at leaving behind the other servants who have no recourse.
 
King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, welcome Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, at Neom Royal Palace, in the Tabuk Province of northwestern Saudi Arabia, . Sultan Haitham started the first visit by an Omani ruler in years against the backdrop of renewed diplomatic efforts to end the war in Yemen and the sultanate's worsening economic woes.

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Prince Khalid Bin Al Faisal, Mecca’s Governor accompanied by his niece Princess Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States receive US President Joe Biden upon his arrival in King Abdulaziz International Airport.

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Yesterday, September 27, King Salman received Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and appointed him Saudi Prime Minister, in a government shuffling announced by a Royal Decree:


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And Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attended the handover ceremony at the Ministry of Defense, where he left it to his younger brother Prince Khalid, now new Saudi Minister of Defense:


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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomed Chinese President, Xi Jinping , today, December 8. Afterwards the President met King Salman:


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March 19th 2023
Janan Harb, King Fahd's secret wife: love, exile, betrayal and judicial war

"This March marks the 55th anniversary of her secret wedding to the prince who would later become king of Saudi Arabia. How did this Palestinian woman become his wife?

...In September 1967, an important businessman organized a party that she attended. There he met the then Prince Fahd. He was 45 years old, married and had 9 children, but when he saw that 19-year-old girl similar to Sophia Loren he did not hesitate to approach her..."
 
King Salman and family members were pictured praying on the first day of Eid al-Fitr today, April 21:


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King Salman chaired the session held by the Council of Ministers in Riyadh yesterday, February 27.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attended as well.

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