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Chancellor's visit to Saudi Arabia: Olaf Scholz is greeted by Crown Prince bin Salman with a handshake

2022-09-24T11:52:01.909Z


The Federal Chancellor is visiting Jeddah to start his golf trip. The talks should also be about human rights - but that's just one of many topics that Scholz has in his luggage.


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Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcoming them in Jeddah

Photo: Kay Nietfeld / dpa

A strong handshake as a welcome: At the start of his two-day trip through the Gulf region, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) met the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the port city of Jeddah.

The two met at the royal Al-Salam Palace, the Palace of Peace.

Afterwards, talks in private and in a larger circle were planned, as well as a joint lunch.

The crown prince is held responsible by the US secret service for the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate general in Istanbul four years ago.

The crown prince denies being the mastermind.

The murder led to the international isolation of the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia and plunged German-Saudi relations into a crisis that lasted for years.

The chancellor's visit is now seen as a sign of a certain normalization.

Government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit announced before the trip that Scholz wanted to address the murder during his visit.

He also wanted to address the human rights situation in the kingdom, which was ruled with an iron fist.

Cross-party politicians Olaf Scholz had previously called for the disregard for human rights to be focused on.

But it should also be about the Yemen war, the situation in Syria and Iran, as well as trade relations and – last but not least – cooperation in the energy sector.

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Source: spiegel

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