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Riyadh (The Brussels Morning Newspaper) – European Council President Charles Michel met with Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister in Riyadh.
What Key Issues Did Michel and Prince Mohammed bin Salman Address in Riyadh?
As the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported, Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), met with European Council President Charles Michel. According to the SPA, the 2 sides debated ties, cooperation, and alternatives to boost them between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the European Union nations, in addition to regional and worldwide conditions and actions taken to realize safety and stability within the area and the world.
The SPA famous that Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, Saudi Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Haifa Al-Jedea, EU Special Representative for the Gulf area Luigi Di Maio, EU Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Christophe Farnaud, and several other different senior officeholders on the European Council attended the assembly.
The President of the European Council Charles Michel arrived in Riyadh on 28 August 2024.
He was welcomed at King Khalid International Airport by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Protocol Affairs Abdulmajeed bin Rashid Al-Samari. The chief of the mission of Saudi Arabia to the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community Haifa Al-Jedea additionally accommodated Michel.
What Is the EU’s Stance on the Gaza Situation According to Charles Michel?
President of the European Council, Charles Michel referred to as for a truce within the Gaza Strip and respect for worldwide legislation, restating the EC’s help for efforts exercised by the United Nations to carry assist and vaccines to the Strip.
“We help the entry of primary meals and well being gadgets into the Gaza Strip, and worldwide humanitarian legislation have to be revered in every single place,” he acknowledged in statements, based on the Palestinian information company, noting that the occupation of the West Bank is unlawful.
Michel emphasised that the EU Council endorses the efforts of the United Nations in bringing assist and vaccines to the Gaza Strip. He indicated that the council goals to coordinate efforts with the nations of the area to stop hearth, stating that the state of affairs in Gaza is catastrophic” and “we try to evade additional escalation within the area,” noting that the leaders of the European Union organize on the necessity for a ceasefire in Gaza.
