Iraq appoints new ambassador to Saudi Arabia
The Undersecretary of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Protocol Affairs, Abdulmajeed Al-Samary, receiving the credentials of the new Iraqi Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Safia Taleb Al-Suhail. Photo: Saudi Foreign Ministry
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs received on Monday the diplomatic credentials of the new Iraqi Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Safia Taleb Al-Suhail.
The new Iraqi Ambassador was received by the Undersecretary of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Protocol Affairs, Abdulmajeed Al-Samary, on behalf of the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Earlier, the Iraqi President, Abdul Latif Rashid, signed a republican decree appointing an extraordinary ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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.