The Palestinian News Agency “WAFA” announced that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has decided to appoint a non-resident extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to Palestine. The agency added on its official website that Advisor to the Palestinian President for Diplomatic Affairs Majdi Al-Khalidi received a copy of the credentials of Ambassador Nayef Al-Sudairi as ‘Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King of Saudi Arabia, to the State of Palestine and Consul General of the Kingdom in Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Palestine.’ This came during Al-Khalidi’s reception of Ambassador Al-Sudairi today at the headquarters of the Palestinian Embassy in Jordan. The agency indicated that the original credentials shall be handed over to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas “in the near future.” The agency quoted Al-Khalidi as saying: “This important step will contribute to boosting the strong and solid brotherly relations that bind the two countries and brotherly peoples together.”
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon