Birth: February 1, 1962
Just like we respect your legal system, you [europeans] should respect our legal system. You cannot impose your values on us, otherwise the world wil….
Bashar Assad has said many things. We will see in the near term whether he is serious about a political process..
Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state. These people are criminals. They're psychopaths..
We have a legal system, and we have a penal code. We have the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, and people should respect this..
People are saying, "Oh my God, Saudi Arabia has changed." It's a contradiction. Do you want us to lead, or do you want us to play a supporting role?.
What we want is stability and security so we can focus on our own development. But we have these problems in our region, and nobody has been able to ….
The Middle East has gone through periods of turmoil before. In the 1950s and 1960s, there were revolutions. When monarchies were collapsing in a numb….
As long as Iran's aggressive policies continue, it's going to be bad for the region. Iran has to decide whether it wants a revolution or a nation-sta….
We have always said there are two ways to resolve Syria, and both will end up with the same result: a Syria without Bashar Assad..
We want to have good ties with the Iranians, but if they want good ties with us, then I tell them: Don't keep attacking us as you have done for the l….
We can't do both. If you want us to lead, don't criticize us. And if you want us to play a supporting role, then tell us who is going to lead..
We support any deal that denies Iran nuclear weapons, that has a continuous and robust inspection mechanism and that has snap-back provisions in case….
Should the political process not work, there is always the other approach..
We have a war against Daesh (the Islamic State, or IS) in Syria. A coalition that was led by the United States, with Saudi Arabia being one of the fi….
We don't tolerate terrorism. We go after the terrorists and those who support them and those who justify their actions..
Show me one Iranian diplomat we killed! I can show you many Saudi diplomats who were killed by Iran..
Is Russia worried that defeating Daesh will open the door for defeating Bashar Assad? That would be a different story. But I don't think World War II….
Let's not forget: This all began when you had eight- and nine-year-old children writing graffiti on walls. Their parents were told: "You will never s….
Saudi Arabia has said that if the US-led coalition against Daesh is prepared to engage in ground operations, we will be prepared to participate with ….
There is a political process which we are trying to achieve through what is called the Vienna Group. That involves the establishment of a governing c….
We expressed our readiness to join the US-led, international coalition against Daesh with special forces. All of this, however, is still in the discu….