{"id":43259,"date":"2018-04-16T10:09:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T10:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=43259"},"modified":"2018-04-16T10:09:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T10:09:48","slug":"saudi-king-rejects-us-plan-to-transfer-embassy-to-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=43259","title":{"rendered":"Saudi King rejects US plan to transfer embassy to Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"wp-image-43260 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Saudi-King-rejects-US-plan1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"978\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Saudi-King-rejects-US-plan1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Saudi-King-rejects-US-plan1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Saudi-King-rejects-US-plan1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Saudi-King-rejects-US-plan1-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Saudi-King-rejects-US-plan1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/>DHAHRAN: Saudi Arabia\u2019s King Salman yesterday opened an Arab League summit by criticising US President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to transfer the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, reports AFP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWe reiterate our rejection of the US decision on Jerusalem,\u201d the king said in a speech in Dhahran in eastern Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cEast Jerusalem is an integral part of the Palestinian territories,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The king also slammed Iran\u2019s \u201cblatant interference\u201d in regional affairs as Arab leaders met in the kingdom for an annual gathering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Opening the 29th Arab League summit, the king also criticised the US decision to transfer its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and described \u201cterrorism\u201d as the biggest challenge facing Arab leaders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Seventeen leaders from across the Arab world\u2014minus Syrian President Bashar al-Assad\u2014gathered in the eastern Saudi city of Dhahran for the summit, which this year comes as world powers face off over Syria and tensions rise between Riyadh and Tehran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The meeting opened only 24 hours after a barrage of strikes launched by the United States, Britain and France hit targets they said were linked to chemical weapons development in Syria, which was suspended from the league seven years ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But King Salman avoided any mention of Syria in his address, as a seat marked \u201cSyrian Arab Republic\u201d sat empty in the hall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead the king focused on rivalries with long-time foe Iran\u2014only 160 kilometres (100 miles) across the Gulf from Dharan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWe renew our strong condemnation of Iran\u2019s terrorist acts in the Arab region and reject its blatant interference in the affairs of Arab countries,\u201d the king said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And despite being a stalwart ally of the United States, the ruler also criticised US President Donald Trump controversial decision to transfer America\u2019s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWe reiterate our rejection of the US decision on Jerusalem,\u201d Salman said. \u201cEast Jerusalem is an integral part of the Palestinian territories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Arab ministers at a preliminary meeting in Riyadh on Thursday focused heavily on blocking the move, unanimously condemning Trump\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">King Salman on Sunday announced a $150 million donation for the maintenance of Islamic heritage in East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Saudi Arabia is pushing for a tough, unified stance against its regional arch-rival Iran at the annual gathering of the 22-member Arab League.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The two regional titans back opposing sides in a range of hotspots across the Middle East, including Lebanon and Syria and in Saudi Arabia\u2019s southern neighbour Yemen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Iran is backing Shiite Huthi rebels that Riyadh opposes in Yemen and on Sunday Salman praised \u201cthe UN Security Council\u2019s statement denouncing the Iranian-made ballistic missile fire on Saudi cities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Last month the Security Council issued a statement condemning Huthi missile attacks on Saudi, but did not name Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In February, Russia vetoed a Security Council resolution that would have expressed concern over Iran\u2019s failure to block supplies of missiles to Yemen\u2019s Huthi rebels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHAHRAN: Saudi Arabia\u2019s King Salman yesterday opened an Arab League summit by criticising US President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to transfer the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, reports AFP. \u201cWe reiterate our rejection of the US decision on Jerusalem,\u201d the king said in a speech in Dhahran in eastern Saudi Arabia. \u201cEast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":43260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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