Riyadh, September 11th - Vladimir González Quesada, the new Cuban Ambassador appointed to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, arrived in the early hours of this morning.
Upon arrival at King Khalid International Airport, the diplomat was received by a representative of the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Protocol, as well as by officials from the Cuban diplomatic mission accredited to the Arab nation.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf has received a message sent by his Cuban counterpart, H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla.
The message was conveyed to the Saudi Foreign Minister by the Cuban Ambassador to the Kingdom, Mr. Orlando Requeijo Gual, during an audience conceded on Wednesday, September 18th, 2019, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ headquarters in Jeddah.
Orlando Requeijo, Cuban Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has paid a working visit to the Saudi Export Program (SEP) headquarters, one of the branches of the Saudi Development Fund, in Riyadh. He was welcomed by the new SEP Director-General, Mr. Abdulmohsen bin Abdulrahman Al Khayal.
HE Dr. Saud bin Saleh Kateb, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Public Diplomacy Affairs, received at his office in the Foreign Ministry headquarters the Cuban Ambassador in Riyadh, Orlando Requeijo.
The 3rd International Camel Festival King Abdulaziz closed its doors recently, after 45 days of celebration in a desert point located at around 200 km away from the capital Riyadh, under the auspices of His Majesty King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
Saudi-Cuban Parliamentary Friendship Committee of the Shura Council has held a meeting chaired by Member of the Shura Council Eng. Mohammad bin Hamed Al-Naqadi with the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Orlando Requeijo Gual.
During the meeting, they discussed ways of enhancing bilateral relations between the two friendly countries and stressed the importance of mutual visits between the joint parliamentary friendship committees between the Shura Council and the Cuban Parliament to raise the level of parliamentary cooperation between them.
