Eleven newly appointed Saudi ambassadors were sworn in before King Salman at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Sunday.
The new ambassadors to Morocco — Abdullah bin Saad Al-Ghariri; New Zealand — Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Suhaibani; Azerbaijan — Hamad bin Abdullah bin Khudair; Peru — Walid bin Abdullah Muqeem; Guinea — Hussein bin Nasser Al-Dakhilullah; Lebanon — Walid bin Abdullah Bukhari; Brunei — Imad bin Abdul Aziz Al-Muhanna; Nepal — Musaed bin Sulaiman Al-Marwani; Algeria — Abdul Aziz bin Ibrahim Al-Omairini; Eritrea — Saqr bin Sulaiman Al-Qurashi; and Gabon — Abdul Rahman bin Salam Al-Dahhas, were all sworn in.
Each ambassador recited the oath, “I swear by Almighty Allah to be faithful to my religion, and to my king and my country; to never reveal any state secrets; to preserve the Kingdom’s interests and laws at home and abroad; and to perform my duty with sincerity, honesty and loyalty.â€
The ceremony was attended by Interior Minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdul Aziz, Minister of State Musaad bin Mohammed Al-Aiban, Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir, and Saudi Ambassador to Australia Musaed bin Ibrahim Al-Saleem.