JERUSALEM: Palestine has welcomed the appointment of Naif bin Bandar Al-Sudairi, the Saudi envoy to Jordan, as concurrent non-resident ambassador for the Palestinian Territories and who will also serve as consul general for Jerusalem.
The decision reflects the Kingdom’s interest in the Palestinian cause as one of the foundations of the Kingdom’s foreign policy and a continuation of its historical stances in support of the Palestinian cause and the rights of the Palestinian people, the Palestinian foreign ministry said
The ministry also offered its full cooperation with Al-Sudairi to strengthen bilateral relations between the two states.
Al-Sudairi earlier presented his credentials to Majdi Al-Khalidi, diplomatic affairs advisor to the Palestinian president, at the Palestinian Embassy in Amman.
