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  • Saudi king boosts ties to Donald Trump by naming son as U.S. envoy

    Saudi Arabia‘s King Salman issued a decree late Saturday naming one of his sons, an air force pilot who has taken part in coalition strikes against the Islamic State group, as the kingdom’s new ambassador to the U.S.

    The appointment of Prince Khaled bin Salman to Washington signals the kingdom’s eagerness to strengthen bilateral ties under President Donald Trump. As the king’s son, the prince has a direct line to the Saudi monarch.
    Saudi-U.S. relations had cooled under the Obama administration after Washington pursued a nuclear accord with Shiite-ruled Iran that the Sunni-ruled kingdom strongly opposed. Saudi Arabia and Iran are regional rivals, and back opposing sides in the wars in Syria and Yemen.
    Relations with the Riyadh have improved since Trump took office. King Salman dispatched his most powerful son, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is also defence minister, to meet Trump at the White House last month. Saudi Arabia was quick to praise Trump’s missile strike on a Syrian military base in response to an apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians
    http://globalnews.ca/news/3398131/sa...-donald-trump/

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    Re: Saudi king boosts ties to Donald Trump by naming son as U.S. envoy

    Russian media

    Russian and Saudi FMs clash over Syria & Iran

    https://www.rt.com/news/386265-lavro...eements-syria/
    See...

    International Leagues, Alliances and List of Nations

    http://wedg.millenniumweekend.org/fo...=customs+union

    European Union

    Austria
    Belgium
    Bulgaria
    Croatia
    Cyprus
    Czech Republic
    Denmark
    Estonia
    Finland
    France
    Germany
    Greece
    Hungary
    Ireland
    Italy
    Latvia
    Lithuania
    Luxembourg
    Malta
    Netherlands
    Poland
    Portugal
    Romania
    Slovakia
    Slovenia
    Spain
    Sweden
    United Kingdom



    But the EU is also the dominating force in the Union for the Mediterranean

    The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is an intergovernmental organization of 43 countries from Europe and the Mediterranean Basin: the 28 member states of the European Union and 15 Mediterranean partner countries from North Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Europe.
    The members of the Union of the Mediterranean are the following:
    From the European Union side: The 28 European Union member states
    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
    The European Commission.

    From the side of the Mediterranean Partner countries: 15 member states: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, State of Palestine (Palestinian Authority until 4 January 2013[1]), Syria (self-suspended on 22 June 2011),[2] Tunisia and Turkey.
    Libya as an observer state.[3] The UfM has expressed a desire to grant Libya full membership,[4] and Mohamed Abdelaziz, Libya's Foreign Minister, has stated that his country is "open" to joining.[5]
    The League of Arab States[6][7]
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_..._Mediterranean


    The Arab League which has become the Arab Union
    The Arab League
    1.Algeria
    2.Bahrain
    3.Comoros
    4.Djibouti
    5.Egypt
    6.Iraq
    7.Jordan
    8.Kuwait
    9.Lebanon (Think Hezbollah)
    10.Libya
    11.Mauritania
    12.Morocco
    13.Oman
    14.Palestine (neither Fatah or Hamas want to conform to the democratic constitution of the "union")
    15.Qatar
    16.Saudi Arabia
    17.Somalia
    18.Sudan
    19.Syria
    20.Tunisia
    21.United Arab Emirates
    22.Yemen

    Arab League: Common market in 6 years, customs union next year
    http://wedg.millenniumweekend.org/fo...ht=arab+league
    Last edited by SAT; 04-27-2017, 12:21 PM.

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