World News | Saudi Arabia and Canada to resume diplomatic ties

riyadh [Saudi Arabia]May 25 (ANI): Saudi Arabia and Canada will resume diplomatic relations, according to the Saudi Arabian foreign ministry.

Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said in an official press release on Wednesday: “In view of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Discussions between Canadian ministers during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum summit in Bangkok on November 18, 2022, both sides hope to restore the diplomatic relations between the two countries on the basis of mutual respect and common interests; it has been decided that the level of diplomatic relations with Canada back to its previous state.”

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Canada said the decision followed discussions between Trudeau and the Saudi crown prince on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum summit in Bangkok last November, Al Arabiya reported.

“Punitive trade measures will be removed,” said a government source familiar with the deal but not authorized to speak publicly.

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“At the end of the day, an empty chair is not going to move our interests forward or things like human rights forward,” the source added.

“In recent years, we have seen that Saudi Arabia is an important global player,” the government source said. “Saudi Arabia helped to evacuate the Canadians (in Sudan) and they also played an important role in finding a solution to the conflict there,” the source said, according to Al Arabiya.

“We need dialogue with people with whom we don’t always agree on everything in order to find global solutions to global problems,” said Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolly.

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