(Translation by Yusra Ahmed)
An official diplomatic Saudi document published on WikiLeaks shows that Russia had practiced intimidation against Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, if he attended the conference of the Group of Friends of the Syrian People (“the Friends' Group”)in Tunisia 2012.
A letter sent from Ali Bin Mohammed al-Hamdan, the Saudi Ambassador in Sanaa to the Minister of foreign affairs, Saud Al Faisal, in which the Ambassador reported that Jamal Bin Omar, the special envoy to Yemen, told him about Ban Ki-moon and the phone call he received from Russia in which he was warned directly from attending the Syrian people’s Friends conference in Tunisia.
Al-Hamdan mentioned that Ban Ki-moon was willing to visit the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and meet the Minister of Foreign Affairs to “explain to him some matters”, according to the letter.
In February 2012, Tunisia hosted the fist conference for the Friends of Syria Group conference and many conferences followed, but it failed to help Syrian people and their devastating crisis.
WikiLeaks had 3 weeks ago started posting diplomatic Saudi documents counted roughly 60,000 files. Most of them appear to be in Arabic.
There was no immediate way to verify the authenticity of the documents, although WikiLeaks has a long track record of hosting large-scale leaks of government material. Many of the documents carried green letterhead marked “Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” or “Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
If genuine, the documents would offer a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the notoriously opaque kingdom. They might also shed light on Riyadh’s longstanding regional rivalry with Iran, its support for Syrian rebels and Egypt’s military-backed government.
An official diplomatic Saudi document published on WikiLeaks shows that Russia had practiced intimidation against Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, if he attended the conference of the Group of Friends of the Syrian People (“the Friends' Group”)in Tunisia 2012.
A letter sent from Ali Bin Mohammed al-Hamdan, the Saudi Ambassador in Sanaa to the Minister of foreign affairs, Saud Al Faisal, in which the Ambassador reported that Jamal Bin Omar, the special envoy to Yemen, told him about Ban Ki-moon and the phone call he received from Russia in which he was warned directly from attending the Syrian people’s Friends conference in Tunisia.
Al-Hamdan mentioned that Ban Ki-moon was willing to visit the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and meet the Minister of Foreign Affairs to “explain to him some matters”, according to the letter.
In February 2012, Tunisia hosted the fist conference for the Friends of Syria Group conference and many conferences followed, but it failed to help Syrian people and their devastating crisis.
WikiLeaks had 3 weeks ago started posting diplomatic Saudi documents counted roughly 60,000 files. Most of them appear to be in Arabic.
There was no immediate way to verify the authenticity of the documents, although WikiLeaks has a long track record of hosting large-scale leaks of government material. Many of the documents carried green letterhead marked “Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” or “Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
If genuine, the documents would offer a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the notoriously opaque kingdom. They might also shed light on Riyadh’s longstanding regional rivalry with Iran, its support for Syrian rebels and Egypt’s military-backed government.
Zaman Al Wasl
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