Saudi Arabia replaced its Ambassador in the United States for the first time by a woman. Princess Rima bint Bandar’ll take the Post in Washington, was on Saturday in a Royal decree. The American-educated Princess was from Forbes magazine for the middle East on 16. Place of the 200 most powerful women in the Arab world was listed, wrote the Saudi Agency SPA. Your predecessor, Prince Khaled bin Salman, son of king Salman and the younger brother of the powerful crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was appointed under the Deputy Secretary of defense.
The relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States are currently being impacted by the murder of the government is critical of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi, who had written for the “Washington Post” columnist, was on 2. October, in the Consulate of his country in Istanbul by Saudi agents have been killed.
According to reports from Riyadh, the now-fired Deputy had ordered the intelligence chief Ahmad al-Assiri use, the US-exiled government critics back home. The dispatcher then decided on the spot independently to kill Khashoggi.
US-parliamentarians threaten with consequences for Saudi Arabia and make crown Prince Mohammed personally for the murder of Khashoggi responsible. In mid-February, the house of representatives voted to end the military support for Saudi Arabia in the Yemen war, and called on President Donald Trump, within 30 days of U.S. troops who are somehow involved in the Yemen conflict.
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Trump but behind Saudi Arabia, which he appreciates as a close ally and financially strong customers in the U.S. defense industry. (AFP, dpa)
