Deputy speaker of Saudi Shoura Council meets German delegations
Mishaal Al-Sulami, the deputy speaker of the Shoura Council, met with a delegation of members from the Bundestag, the German federal parliament in Riyadh on Wednesday.
The German delegation was led by Tilman Kuban, and Thomas Volk, head of the Middle East and North Africa department at the Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung, during their visit to the Kingdom.
Al-Sulami welcomed the delegation, reflecting on the importance of strengthening and supporting relations between Saudi Arabia and Germany in all fields.
Kuban praised Saudi-German relations, highlighting Saudi Arabia's pivotal and influential role in supporting stability and peace, both regionally and globally.
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