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We’re already talking post-Gaza war: Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan took part in a meeting in Munich aimed at outlining a post-Gaza plan with regional and European counterparts. “Now the priority must be ending the current humanitarian catastrophe that is happening in Gaza…we’re focused on a ceasefire, we’re focused on an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and humanitarian access…,” he said in remarks during the Munich Security Conference yesterday (watch, runtime: 0:57).
Discussions also touched upon the Kingdom’s normalization with Israel: A senior US official told Reuters that the meeting aimed to exchange views on a post-war Gaza, Saudi-Israel normalization and other topics paving the way to a Palestinian state.
Palestinian statehood is the only way to go: “We are firmly convinced that the only pathway towards security and stability for everyone in the region, including Israel, is through a Palestinian state,” bin Farhan said.
A busy schedule for the FM: His agenda included meetings with British counterpart David Cameron, Canadian counterpart Mélanie Joly, and Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. He also met with EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell among other meetings.
KSA, TURKEY SIGN AGREEMENTS-
Saudi and Turkey signed more than two dozen agreements during the Saudi-Turkish Business Forum in Istanbul on Friday, Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency reported. No further details were provided, but the news agency said most of the agreements were business agreements.
But we know at least one: The Saudi Fund for Development CEO Sultan Al Marshad signed a USD 55 mn soft loan with Turkish Deputy Treasury and Finance Minister Osman Celik to fund a project aimed at mitigating earthquake risks in several public schools in Turkey, state news agency SPA reported.
