Saudi Arabia has congratulated Lebanon’s new President Michel Aoun on his election, the official Saudi Press Agency reported late Tuesday. King Salman telephoned Aoun to wish him success, “stressing the kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s support for Lebanon and its unity”, according to SPA. Lebanese lawmakers elected the 81-year-old former army ...
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Monday appointed market regulator Mohammed al-Jadaan as the country’s new finance minister. Al-Jadaan replaces Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf who has held the position since 1996. In a royal decree announced on state television, Al-Assaf was made minister of state and will remain a ...