Saudi Arabia Wins Security Council Seat For The First Time
For the first time, Saudi Arabia on Thursday has won a seat as a non-permanent member in the U.N. Security Council.
Saudi Arabia has joined Chad, Chile, Lithuania and Nigeria who took seats in an election. The five new non-permanent members will be replacing Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo on the 15-member council on January 1 and for the upcoming two years.
All five countries stood unopposed in an election by the 193 member U.N. General Assembly.
While international envoys hurried to congratulate the Saudi U.N. Ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, an unlikely incident took place.
Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Jaafari was seen congratulating his Saudi counterpart. Both shook hands.
“I appreciate his initiative when he congratulated me, and I wish that we can work positively in the future,” Mouallimi told Al Arabiya.
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