The Sudanese foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour said that the preparatory meetings for the South American-Arab summit in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh has agreed to convene the first meeting of the South American-Arab agricultural committee in Khartoum next February.
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Mr Hammond, who visited the country in October, said: “I’m grateful to the Saudi Arabian government for their efforts in ensuring this positive outcome, following our discussions during my visit”.
“Executions have doubled in Saudi Arabia since a year ago, and the authorities are still planning to execute juveniles like Ali al Nimr for attending protests”. Iranian envoy Majid Shafie-Pour said last month the plan is to do so by mid-November.
The three men claim they have been tortured and denied access to lawyers.
London-based Amnesty on Monday put the number of executions at 151 this year, the highest since 192 people were put to death in 1995.
Chile is the only other South American nation included in that deal.
“Latin American countries have largely made the transition that so many people across the Arab world yearn to make for themselves”, Ban said. It has said that violations of worldwide humanitarian law have also been committed by the Iranian-allied Houthis, the coalition’s adversary in the conflict.
Last month it was revealed that David Cameron ‘s trip to honour dead Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz cost the taxpayer £100,000.
Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry says gunmen shot at a security patrol in the country’s predominantly Shiite eastern region, wounding a policeman and two Indian nationals passing by.
Despite calls by a few members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to reduce production to shore up prices, the bloc has decided not to cut the oil output and stick with its decision to maintain the price of oil below US$50.
“The Saudis may be sending a very first tentative signal that they’re preparing for a post-oil economy, which will clearly be a challenge for them more than any others”, said Bill Hare, a member of the Climate Analytics, a research group studying other countries’ pledges.
“It’s because we receive from them important intelligence and security information that keeps us safe”.
King Salman recalled the “extraordinary relations” between the two blocs, saying that “this partnership has brought us onto one platform”.
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His comments have been welcomed by the charity Oxfam, which has urged the United Kingdom to halt arms exports while allegations of war crimes are investigated.
