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Saudi Arabia posts a woman as envoy to Washington | | Feb 26, 2019
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has appointed its first female ambassador in the United
States. Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud replaces Prince Khalid bin Salman
Al Saud, a son of King Salman and a former fighter pilot. He will come back
as deputy defence minister.
The diplomatic changes follow the worsening of the ties between the two countries.
Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud is a daughter of the kingdom's former ambassador
to Washington Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud from 1983 to 2005.
Princess Reema, who stdied in the US and is known in the kingdom for her philanthropic
work, lived in the US as her father served as the Saudi ambassador there for
more than 20 years. Her father also served as the head of the country's intelligence
service, according to Al Jazeera.
"I will work with God's permission to serve my country, its leaders and all
its children and I will spare no effort to that end," Princess Reema wrote on
Twitter after her appointment.
The two major irritants in Saudi-US relations have been the killing of Jamal
Khashoggi and the Yemeni crisi. There has been severe criticism in the West
over Saudi air raids killing civilians.
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