Ex-general’s Israel visit doesn’t reflect governmment stance: Riyadh

‘Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry is at pains to distance itself from a recent visit to Israel by a delegation headed by a former military general, which has generated a chorus of denunciation among Arabs.
Government permission was necessary for Anwar Eshki and other Saudis to make the visit during which they met a senior Israeli foreign ministry official and a number of Knesset members.
An unnamed official at Foreign Ministry in Riyadh, quoted by the al-Hayat newspaper on Wednesday, said that the rare public engagement “does not reflect the views of the Saudi government.”’
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