Iraqi Ambassador submits her credentials to Saudi Crown Prince
The Iraqi Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Safia Al-Suhail, submitting her credentials to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Photo: SPA
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Safia Al-Suhail, submitted her credentials on Tuesday to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, on behalf of King Salman, during a ceremony held in the Saudi city of Jeddah.
The ceremony was held to receive the credentials of foreign ambassadors designated to Saudi Arabia.
The ambassadors conveyed their gratitude and admiration for the warm welcome and kind hospitality, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
Al-Suhail is an Iraqi politician and the daughter of the former member of the Iraqi Parliament for Baghdad governorate, Taleb Al-Suhail.
The new Iraqi Ambassador previously held the positions of Undersecretary of the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to Jordan and Italy.
Al-Suhail was born in 1965 and is married to the former Minister of Human Rights, Bakhtiar Amin.
The Iraqi diplomat is a women’s rights activist who calls for the inclusion of Iraqi women in the political process.
She was the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until May 2023, when she became Iraq’s Ambassador Extraordinary to Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs received the diplomatic credentials of the new Iraqi Ambassador to Saudi Arabia last June.