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Pepsi plans to introduce a new line of touchscreen Pepsi machines that, not only serve cold beverages (♫ I like cold beverages ♫), but also help you interact with your friends by buying them sodas. Which, for the record -- I AM NOT YOUR SUGAR DADDY. Get it? Because of all the sugar in soda! That's why kids are so chubby.
The new machines of course let you buy a beverage via a fancy animated UI, complete with swipe controls, but they also let you gift a Pepsi to a friend, or even a complete stranger through "Random Acts of Refreshment".
All you have to do is enter a friend's name and cell phone number (I'm sure PepsiCo has NO plans to keep a database of such details) and they'll receive a txt message with a special code that can be redeemed at any of the interactive machines. You even have the option of recording a 10-second personalized video message that will be played back when they redeem it. Or, you can send a caffeinated gift to a complete stranger in a different city if you're feeling particularly philanthropic.
Yeah, how about no. The only social networking Pepsi machine I need is one that can communicate with the vending machine next to it to choose the best snack to accompany my Mountain Dew. I kid, I kid. IT'S FLAMIN' HOT CHEETOS, DERDER.
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Watching the Waterford Crystal Ball drop in Times Square on New Year's Eve is a drop in the bucket list for people from all over the world. The dream-come-true event should be celebrated in luxury as only The Plaza hotel can provide. Ring in the New Year staying at one of New York's best 5-star hotels.
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Body Movers Cover Me I Think I Love You In Deep Voodoo It Takes a Rebel Kill the Competition Our Husband Seeking Single Male Too Hot to Sleep Whole Lotta Trouble
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Carlotta Wren is the daughter of Randolph Wren, who was accused of embezzling. He and his wife took off, leaving 18-year-old Carlotta to raise her 9-year-old brother, Wesley. It is now 10 years later. There are three men in Carlotta's life. Jack Terry is a detective who has been working on her father's case and with whom she apparently spent a torrid night of passion in one of the previous books. They kind of have a love-hate relationship. Carlotta is currently recuperating from a broken arm received in a fall at a hotel during their last caper, during which Jack saved her life by catching her.
Peter Ashford works for the firm that previously employed her father. They were engaged when her father left, and Peter dumped her. Now Peter is back in her life, after one failed marriage of his own, and wants her to marry him. He has had her engagement ring retooled and is "holding it" for her to decide if she is ready yet.
Finally, there is Cooper Craft, a doctor who runs a body moving business for the local Atlanta morgue. Coop has a past, something about an ethical issue for which he was prosecuted and cannot legally practice medicine. He often hires Wesley to help him and is in love with Carlotta. He seems to be the top dog in this tale, being endearing and at times, romantic with Carlotta. Yet, she basically puts him off just when things are going well.
Carlotta loves all the men and can't seem to decide, going back and forth all through the book. There really isn't any real HEA romance in this tale and the only sex scenes are with Wesley and his attorney – it felt like it was thrown in for superfluous reasons.
The bulk of the story revolves around a starlet, on par with a Paris Hilton type, who dies in Boca Raton Florida. Coop is hired to get the body and asks Carlotta to go, thinking they could explore their relationship on the trip. Because of her celebrity, Kiki Deerling's corpse has gathered a lot of publicity and Coop and Carlotta, along with Wesley who ingratiates himself along for the ride, deal with several attempts at body snatchings and almost end up dead.
Complicating matters more is a side story about Wesley's gambling debts (which include a very graphic torture scene where his arm is carved by the bad guy when he can't produce the money he owes) and the continued search for Randolph, who keeps popping up in disguise.
For some reason, Carlotta thinks of herself as an amateur sleuth and decides to investigate the "murder" of Kiki that the coroner's office has declared as a death by asthma attack, while still trying to figure out where he father is and how she can find him.
For the first 100 pages, I felt like I walked into a story that I had missed the beginning of. It took a great deal of time to figure out where all the players fit. In addition, I didn't like Wesley, who comes across as a spoiled brat who makes all the wrong decisions. Carlotta was a mix between an airhead and a very responsible woman who just leads a mixed up life. Her inability to make a decision about the men in her life did not make her endearing. Yet, the story is written with just enough camp to make the reader realize that one shouldn't take any of this too seriously. Once I figured out the premise, I tried to settle in to enjoy. Sadly, I found the adventures silly and many times, the actions of the characters just too immature. I mean, why would you go out into a cemetery looking for a stalker with only the naďve intention to gather information? And Wesley stated that he learned his lesson so many times, that it just caused me to roll my eyes.
Body Movers: 3 Men and a Body may appeal to the fans of the series. But for me, I won't be looking for the 2009 releases with any great relish.
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Wednesday, 23 February 2011
What a treat!
The best part of this post comes at the end, so keep reading...
I am hideously late with this blog post, hideously late. The only apology that I can make is that due to the nasty bout of flu I had over Christmas my chocolate-eating went way off. I'm pleased to report that it has now arrived back with a vengeance (I'm rebuilding my tolerance up in time for Easter...)
Anyhow just before Christmas I commented on this post over at Rosie Scribble and shortly after an email arrived from my fairy godmother. Okay, I may be stretching the truth a little. It wasn't from a plumpcious lady in a tutu waving a sparkly wand, it was from Appliances Online. (Although who I am to judge if that's how they choose to spend their Saturday nights.)
Hurrah! They wanted to send me a gift and a chocolatey one at that and where better to send me something from than my very favourite Hotel Chocolat.
I was able to make a choice so I chose two products that I have looked at longingly every Christmas in their festive selection but I have never been quite able to justify splurging on them for myself. The Festive Dipping Adventure and some of the Liquid Hot Chocolate - gingerbread flavour. Both incredibly luxurious and decadent.
Thank you Appliances Online - they were just what I needed as a pick me up after having a pretty horrid Christmas!
And here is the good bit if you leave a comment below you might well get a treat of your own! I hope the fairy godmother is looking out for you right now!
I've just remembered I still have some of that hot chocolate left and it's perishing today so I'm off to make a rather large mugful!
love & kisses
Mrs M x
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- Faerie23 February 2011 11:39
Oh they look fab! What's the liquid hot chocolate all about?
A friend gave me a bottle of Starbucks Gingerbread syrup at Christmas. I likes to indulge in a gingerbread latte at times. Nom nom.
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Congratulations to Coach Freeze and the Ole Miss Rebels for an impressive win over LSU last night. I love the way the Ole Miss team was able to draw energy from the home crowd and secure the victory despite being hampered by injuries to key players. The emotion of the college game is what makes it so great. Last night Ole Miss essentially said "not in our house" and eliminated a bitter foe from discussion in the big game. Well done Ole Miss and enjoy the moment.
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• Ole Miss 27, No. 6 LSU 24: The momentum created by Ole Miss' 3-0 start this season had all but dissipated when LSU came to Oxford this weekend. The Rebels had dropped three straight games to ranked SEC opponents (Alabama, Auburn and Texas A&M) to fall to 3-3, and hopes for a surprising year in the SEC West were fading fast.
Coach Hugh Freeze's team turned things around on Saturday night. Ole Miss kicker Andrew Ritter, who already had one field goal attempt blocked, drilled a 41-yard kick with two seconds remaining that stifled an LSU comeback and helped the Rebels upset the No. 6 Tigers 27-24. It was yet another shocking result in an incredibly wild day in the SEC.
Ole Miss came out firing and took a 17-0 lead early in the third quarter. The Rebels' defense intercepted Tigers quarterback Zach Mettenberger three times in the first half, limiting an LSU offense that had scored at least 35 points in six of its seven games heading into Saturday.
But coach Les Miles' team wouldn't go down quietly. The Tigers went on a 24-7 run to tie the game with just more than three minutes remaining. The tying score came after an 11-play drive in which Mettenberger, who struggled all night, converted a fourth-and-10 to keep the drive alive. Three plays later, Mettenberger found Jarvis Landry in the end zone for a four-yard touchdown.
The Rebels, however, weren't done. With 3:15 left to play, Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace — who delivered one of the best performances of his career by going 30-of-39 for 346 yards — led his team into field goal range with a 14-yard completion to Ja-Mes Logan, a 10-yard keeper and a seven-yard pass to Jaylen Walton. That set the stage for Ritter, who coolly knocked home the game-winning kick.
This was LSU's second loss of the season, as the Tigers also dropped a road game at Georgia on Sept. 28. Coordinator John Chavis' defense allowed the Rebels to convert 11-of-18 third downs. Now the Tigers sit two games behind No. 1 Alabama in SEC West, with Auburn holding the No. 2 spot following its win over Texas A&M on Saturday.
On a day when chaos reigned in the SEC East, Ole Miss' win over LSU shook things up in the SEC West, too. [RECAP l BOX]
• No. 1 Alabama 52, Arkansas 0: Crimson Tide fans might have experienced feelings of déjà vu on Saturday, and for good reason: 'Bama steamrolled the Razorbacks by the same margin (52-0) in 2012 as it did on Saturday. Quarterback AJ McCarron went 15-of-21 for 180 yards and three touchdowns and the Tide's ground game combined for 352 rushing yards. Meanwhile, Arkansas quarterback Brandon Allen completed only 7-of-25 passes with two interceptions. [RECAP l BOX]
• No. 12 Baylor 71, Iowa State 7: Perhaps Baylor's win over Kansas State last week, when the Bears scored only 35 points, was an aberration. Baylor got back to its remarkably high-scoring ways against Iowa State on Saturday, racking up 714 yards of total offense in a rout of the Cyclones. Bears quarterback Bryce Petty finished 23-of-31 for 345 yards and two touchdowns, tailback Lache Seastrunk rushed for 107 yards and receivers Antwan Goodley and Tevin Reese combined for 289 receiving yards. It was Baylor's fourth game this season with at least 700 yards of offense, and the defense came to play, too; Iowa State was held scoreless until the final minute of the fourth quarter. [RECAP l BOX]
• Notre Dame 14, USC 10: Irish quarterback Tommy Rees played interception-free football, throwing for 166 yards and two touchdowns as Notre Dame snapped a five-game home skid against rival USC. Rees left the game after being sacked in the third quarter and did not return, but the Irish were able to hold on and give Trojans' interim coach Ed Orgeron his first loss. USC wide receiver Marqise Lee, who missed the team's game against Arizona with a sprained knee, didn't play in the second half after tweaking that same left knee. [RECAP l BOX]
• No. 25 Wisconsin 56, Illinois 32: Wisconsin back Melvin Gordon passed the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the season with a 142-yard, three-touchdown performance against Illinois. The Badgers' James White wasn't far behind with 96 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. In all, the Illini allowed 287 rushing yards (7.1 per play). Illinois quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase completed 20-of-27 passes, but he was kept without a touchdown pass for the second straight game. Scheelhaase threw 12 scoring strikes over his first four contests. [RECAP l BOX]
• No. 2 Oregon 62, Washington State 38: The unbeaten Ducks' offense continued to roll this Saturday against Washington State. Quarterback Marcus Mariota passed for 325 yards, running back Byron Marshall rushed for 192 yards and three touchdowns and Oregon amassed 728 total yards (an average of 9.5 per play). But all was not lost for Mike Leach's program: Quarterback Connor Halliday set an FBS record with 89 passing attempts and tied the record for completions with 58. He also chalked up 555 passing yards, four scores and four picks. [RECAP l BOX]
• Arizona 35, Utah 24: The euphoria surrounding Utah's upset of Stanford last weekend lasted only seven days, thanks largely to Arizona running back Ka'Deem Carey. Last season's national rushing leader ran for 234 yards on a school-record 41 carriers against the Utes, including a 44-yard score that sealed the game with 1:30 remaining. [RECAP l BOX]
• No. 17 Fresno State 38, UNLV 14: Quarterback Derek Carr threw for 411 yards and four touchdowns as Fresno State dominated UNLV. Carr now has 23 touchdown passes on the season for the unbeaten Bulldogs. [RECAP l BOX]
• Oregon State 49, Cal 17: Quarterback Sean Mannion went 35-of-45 for 481 yards and four touchdowns as Oregon State overwhelmed Cal on the road. The Beavers, who are now bowl eligible, tallied 570 total yards and 32 first downs in a rout of the Bears. [RECAP l BOX]


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This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Saudi Arabia |
Foreign policy
Saudi Arabia is a non-aligned state whose foreign policy objectives are to maintain its security and its paramount position on the Arabian Peninsula, defend general Arab and Islamic interests, promote solidarity among Islamic governments, and maintain cooperative relations with other oil-producing and major oil-consuming countries.
Saudi Arabia is a founding member of the United Nations, having signed the United Nations Charter in 1945. The country plays a prominent role in the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and Arab and Islamic financial and development assistance institutions. One of the largest aid donors in the world, it still gives some aid to a number of Arab, African, and Asian countries. Jeddah is the headquarters of the Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and its subsidiary organization, the Islamic Development Bank, founded in 1969.
Saudi Arabian policy is focused on co-operation with the Gulf states, the unity of the Arab world, solidarity with Muslim countries, and support for the United Nations (UN).[1] In practice, the main concerns in recent years have been relations with the US, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Iraq, the perceived threat from Iran, the effect of oil pricing, and increasing the influence in the Muslim world of the Wahhabi form of Islam through overseas donations. Additionally, relations with the West have been complicated by the perception that Saudi Arabia is a source of Islamist terrorism.[2][3]
Saudi Arabia is a founder member of the Arab League, Gulf Cooperation Council, Muslim World League, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. It plays a prominent role in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and in 2005 joined the World Trade Organisation. As announced at the 2009 Arab League summit, Saudi Arabia is intending to participate in the Arab Customs Union to be established in 2015 and an Arab common market to be established by 2020.[3][4]
As a founding member of OPEC, its oil pricing policy is generally to stabilize the world oil market and try to moderate sharp price movements. Saudi Arabia's long-term policy direction has been to preserve a stable and long-term market for its vast oil reserves so as to not jeopardise the Western economies. These are seen as protecting the value of the country's financial assets as well as providing political and military support for the Saudi government.[3] The major exception to this occurred during the 1973 oil crisis when Saudi Arabia, with the other Arab oil states, used an embargo on oil supplies to pressurize the US to stop supporting Israel.[5]
Saudi Arabia is one of the largest contributors of development aid, both in volume of aid and in the ratio of aid volume to GDP. As of 2006, the country has donated £49 billion in aid in the previous three decades, but exclusively to Muslims (except for one donation amounting to the equivalent of £250,000)[7][8][9] This aid has contributed to the spreading of Islam of the sort found in Saudi Arabia (Wahhabism) rather than fostering the traditions of the receiving ethnic groups. The effect has been the erosion of regional Islamic cultures. Examples of the acculturizing effect of Saudi aid can be seen among the Minangkabau and the Acehnese in Indonesia, as well as among the people of the Maldives.[10][11][12][13] The Wahhabi form of Islam is also perceived in the West as being a source of Islamist extremism[14]
Following King Fahd's stroke in 1995, Abdullah, then Crown Prince, assumed responsibility for foreign policy. A marked change in U.S.-Saudi relations occurred, as Abdullah sought to put distance between his policies and the unpopular pro-Western policies of King Fahd. Abdullah took a more independent line from the US and concentrated on improving regional relations, particularly with Iran. Several long-standing border disputes were resolved, including significantly reshaping the border with Yemen. The new approach resulted in increasingly strained relations with the US.[2]
In 2003, Abdullah's new policy was reflected in the Saudi government's refusal to support or to participate in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Some US critics saw this as an attempt by the royal family to placate the kingdom's Islamist radicals. That same year Saudi and U.S. government officials agreed to withdraw all U.S. military forces from Saudi soil. Since ascending to the throne in 2005, King Abdullah has followed a more activist foreign policy and has continued to push-back on US policies which are unpopular in Saudi Arabia (for example, refusing to provide material assistance to support the new Iraqi government).[2][15] However, increasingly, in common with the US, fear and mistrust of Iran] is becoming a significant factor in Saudi policy. In 2010, the whistle blowing website Wikileaks disclosed various confidential documents revealing that King Abdullah urged the U.S. to attack Iran in order to "cut off the head of the snake".[16]
Relations with the US and other Western countries have been further strained by the perception that Saudi Arabia has been a source of Islamist terrorist activity, not just internally, but also world-wide. Osama bin Laden and 15 out of the 19 September 11 attacks hijackers were Saudi nationals, though some officials argue that this was planned deliberately by bin Laden in an attempt to strain U.S.-Saudi relations,[17] and former Central Intelligence Agency director James Woolsey described Saudi Arabian Wahhabism as "the soil in which al-Qaeda and its sister terrorist organizations are flourishing."[14] Some in the U.S. Government also believe that the royal family, through its long and close relations with Wahhabi clerics, had laid the groundwork for the growth of militant groups like al-Qaeda and that after the attacks had done little to help track the militants or prevent future atrocities.[2]
Following the wave of early 2011 protests and revolutions affecting the Arab world, Saudi Arabia offered asylum to deposed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia and King Abdullah telephoned President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt (prior to his deposition) to offer his support.[18]
West Asia and North AfricaEdit
The Egyptian-Saudi Arabia ties enjoy a set of unique characteristics and objectives including:
1) Both Egypt and Saudi Arabia enjoy very distinguished status and huge potential on the Arab, Muslim and international levels. This position has provided the two countries with key influential capabilities in their foreign relations. On the Arab level, the historical expertise stresses that Cairo and Riyadh are the two poles of relations and interacts in the Arab regional system. They shoulder a big responsibility to realize the Arab solidarity and achieve the aspired goals for Arab nations from Atlantic Ocean to Gulf. The strong Egyptian-Saudi relations serve all Arab countries, as shown by War of October 1973.
2) The two countries adopt similar stands concerning many issues and crises on the international, Arab and Muslim fronts, including as the Arab-Israeli conflict and Palestinian cause. This similarity reflects common principles and strong relations between the two countries.
3) Egypt and Saudi Arabia adopt sincere, credible and responsible policies free of ambitions. King Abdul Aziz Al Saud realized importance of the Egyptian-Saudi relations where he said "Arabs are in need of Egypt and Egypt is in need of Arabs". Therefore, he was keen to establish solid relations with Egypt after the foundation of modern Saudi Arabia in 1902.
In 1926, Egypt and Saudi Arabia signed a friendship agreement. The first embassy of Saudi Arabia was opened in Cairo in 1926.[19] In 1939, they signed the Construction Agreement in Riyadh, by virtue of which Egypt implemented some constructive projects in the Kingdom. Both countries played a key role in the conclusion of Arab League Charter. King Abdulaziz Al Saud paid a prominent visit to Egypt with the purpose of strengthening and deepening ties between the countries.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) supported the Egyptian requests concerning the evacuation of British forces from Egypt as well as the Egyptian opinions in the Arab League, United Nations and all international organizations and gatherings. On 27 October 1955, Egypt and Saudi Arabia signed a joint defense agreement in Cairo.
The brotherly cooperation was very clear during the Suez Crisis of 1956, where Saudi Arabia showed its full support to Egypt in all political, economic and military areas. On 27 August 1956, Saudi Arabia has extended an amount of USD 100 million to Egypt after the United States withdrew its offer to build the High Dam. On 30 October, KSA announced the public service for its soldiers in face of the "tripartite aggression" against Egypt.
During the Arab Summit in August 1967 in Khartoum after the Israeli aggression against Egypt, Syria and Jordan in 1967, Saudi Arabia supported the Arab countries and King Faisal called on all Arab countries to stand beside the three countries and allocate big amounts of funds. However, the summit responded to the call.
The Egyptian-Saudi coordination continued until the October War, where KSA participated in the costs endured by Egypt during the war. The Kingdom led the oil embargo during the war.
Exchange of visitsEdit
Visits between the two countries stress the deep and historical relations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The last twenty years witnessed the exchange of numerous visits between the two countries on all levels. The ex-President Mubarak paid more than 30 visits to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the period from 1981 to 2007, during which he met with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to discuss and review all Arab and international issues, latest developments on the Arab and global arenas and bilateral relations.
The Saudi Monarch reiterated his country's support of Egypt's attempts to resolve the Palestinian question, a feat which could not be achieved unless Arabs united both their vision and sense of purpose.
Discussions also focused on opening new vistas of cooperation between the two countries in the fields of economy and trade as well as on ways of removing obstacles preventing Egyptian and Saudi businessmen from promoting investments and advancing the mutual interests of both countries.
Economic relationsEdit
With a sum total of investments exceeding EGP71 billion, Saudi Arabia occupies first place on the list of Arab countries investing in Egypt, second on the list of non-Arab countries. The volume of Egyptian-Saudi inter-trade was estimated at $7.4 billion in 2008.
Trade exchange between the two countries reached $4.4 billion in 2008. Egyptian exports to Saudi Arabia, put at 3.1 billion, include: iron and steel products; furniture; foodstuffs; raw materials; cereals, vegetables and fruits; and electric and medical equipment. Egyptian imports, put at $1.3 billion, include: gasoline, butane, oil products; mineral oils and fuel; plastic and rubber products; and machines and equipment.
Saudi investors have contributed a sum total of EGP1.20 billion in issued capital to 2355 companies in Egypt. Of these 50% has been established over the past 5 years. Meanwhile, Egyptian investors have contributed a sum total of $221 million to 302 companies in Saudi Arabia. The number of Egyptian expatriates working in Saudi Arabia has multiplied and is currently set at 900 thousand.
Saudi investments in Egypt are concentrated in a) the services sector (transport and logistics health, education and counselling); b) the industrial sector; c) the agricultural sector; d) the tourism sector ($500 million annually); e) the communications sector; and f) the financial sector
Saudi Arabia-Iran relations have been mixed. Both Saudi Arabia and Iran have aspiration for Islamic leadership and both the countries possess different vision of regional order. Iran, which after the Islamic Revolution strictly followed an anti-US policy, always deemed Saudi Arabia as an agent of the US in the Persian Gulf region that speaks for the US interests. Saudi Arabia's concerns about Iran on the other side are mainly associated to its plans of expanding influence to other parts of the Persian Gulf region, especially in post-Saddam Iraq, and the quest to build its own nuclear arsenal.[20]
The difference of political ideologies and governance also divided both the countries. For Iran, it is said that there is no place for monarchical regimes in Islam, like the ones seen in Saudi Arabia and also in some other Arab countries. Energy difference is a third source of tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Whereas Saudi Arabia, compared to Iran's smaller oil reserves and larger population, can afford to take a long-term view of the global oil market and has an incentive to moderate prices, Iran is compelled to focus on high prices in the short terms.[20]
Postwar Saudi policy focused on ways to contain potential Iraqi threats to the kingdom and the region. One elements of Riyadh's containment policy included support for Iraqi opposition forces that advocated the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's government. In the past, backing for such groups had been discreet, but in early 1992 the Saudi's invited several Iraqi opposition leaders to Riyadh to attend a well-publicised conference. To further demonstrate Saudi dissatisfaction with the regime in Baghdad, Crown Prince Abdallah permitted the media to videotape his meeting with some of the opponents of Saddam Hussein.
A charter member of the Arab League, Saudi Arabia has supported Palestinian rights to sovereignty, and called for withdrawal from the Occupied Territories since 1967. In recent years, Saudi Arabia has changed its viewpoint concerning the validity of negotiating with Israel. It calls for Israel's withdrawal from territory occupied in June 1967 in order for peace with the Arab states; then-Crown Prince Abdullah extended a multilateral peace proposal based on withdrawal in 2002. At that time, Israel did not respond to the offer. In 2007 Saudi Arabia again officially supported a peaceful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Saudi Arabia rejected the Camp David accords, claiming that they would be unable to achieve a comprehensive political solution that would ensure Palestinian Arabs can all move to Israel and the division of Jerusalem. In response for Egypt "betraying" the Arab States and signing peace with Israel, Saudi Arabia, along with all the Arab States, broke diplomatic relations with and suspended aid to Egypt, the two countries renewed formal ties in 1987.
Saudi Arabia does not have diplomatic relations with Israel. The country participates in an active economic boycott of Israel. However, Saudi Arabia recognizes that its ally, the United States, has a strong and supportive relationship of Israel.
Saudi Arabia played an active role in attempting to bring the Palestinians towards a self-governing condition which would permit negotiations with Israel. It has done so primarily by trying to mend the schism between Fatah and Hamas, most notably when King Abdullah invited the two factions to negotiations in Mecca resulting in the Mecca Agreement of February 7, 2007. The agreement soon failed, but Saudi Arabia has continued to support a national unity government for the Palestinians, and strongly opposed Israel's war on Gaza in early 2009.
The Times has reported that Saudi Arabia has tested the ability to stand down their air defenses to allow an Israeli strike on Iran to pass through their airspace.[21] Both nations have denied this.[22][23]
Relations with Jordan became strained in the years following the Persian Gulf war. Relations were mended in 1996 when Prince Abdullah visited the country. The countries have since met and discussed international development and the Arab situation.
Saudi Arabia is responsible for ending the Hashemite dynasty's control over Hejaz through their conquests following World War I. Jordan is currently ruled by a branch of the dynasty originally from Hejaz, and installed in Trans-Jordan by the British following the conquest of the region from the Ottomans. It is not entirely apparent how this influences their relationship.
There have been economic, social and political ties between two countries.[24]
In 1999 an agreement with Qatar was reached about their borders after three years of dispute. A final agreement about the Qatar border was signed in 2001.
President Bashar Al Assad welcomed King Abdullah Al Saud in Damascus in October 2009. The relations have recently greatly deteriorated following the Syrian civil war. On 26 February, Syria blamed the Saudi government of arming the rebels with weapons from Croatia, a charge both government deny.[25]
Saudi Arabia and Turkey throughout history have long enjoyed a fruitful and intimately friendly relationship. Turkey was one of the first states that recognised the country in 1926 and had a diplomatic mission in Hijaz.[19] Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Ankara and a consulate – general in Istanbul.[26] Turkey has an embassy in Riyadh and a consulate – general in Jeddah.[27][28] Both countries are full members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). On the other hand, in 1986 Saudi Arabia proposed that Turkey should have ended commercial relations with Iran and that it could compensate Turkey's losses resulting from this.[29]
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For Saudi Arabia, Yemen – like Bahrain – is more an issue of national security than of foreign policy. The Saudis have many access points into Yemen with both formal diplomacy and informal networks at play. Then Crown Prince Sultan managed the tribal networks for decades but the tribal system is changing and diminishing and the Saudi tribal connections are weakening as a result. The country has appeared indecisive about Yemen; in January the government was openly frustrated with President Ali Abdullah Saleh but there was a marked change in its approach in April to one of detailed analysis of the situation and private discussions over whom it should publicly support. The ministry of interior is taking a leading role in dealing with the unrest in Yemen, but other ministries are also making decisions and it is unclear whether there is cooperation between all the ministries involved. Overall, the structure of the Saudi state, and the current preoccupation with issues of succession, suggest that, even if it wanted to do so, Saudi Arabia is unlikely to have the capacity to act as a pan-regional counter revolutionary force.
Saudi Arabia is the one of largest suppliers of oil to India. India's booming construction industry also receives that added fillip and rising affluence has created greater demand for goods and services thereby boosting Indian industrial growth. Saudi Arabia has contributed aid to India after the Gujarat earthquake in 1990s.
Saudi Arabia have an embassy in Jakarta, while Indonesia have an embassy in Riyadh and a consulate in Jeddah. Both countries are the member of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and G-20 major economies. Indonesia sent the largest hajj pilgrims among Muslim countries. The balance of trade is heavily in favor of Saudi Arabia, because of its oil and gas exports to Indonesia. There is around 1 million Indonesian workers in Saudi Arabia. Migrant worker abuse and death sentences faced by Indonesian workers in Saudi Arabia are the main problems that have strained diplomatic relations between two countries.
Relations between Japan and Saudi Arabia were established in 1955. Japan is a major trading partner for Saudi Arabia. In 2006, Japan exported $5.103 million worth of goods to the Kingdom, primarily automobiles, machinery and equipment, and metals. In the same year, Saudi Arabia exported $33.624 million worth of goods to Japan, primarily crude oil and petroleum products. Japan imported 1.3 million barrels a day of Saudi crude in 2006, 31% of the nation's total supply.[30]
Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Kuala Lumpur, and Malaysia has an embassy in Riyadh. Relations, both diplomatic and economic, are quite close between the two Muslim-majority Organisation of Islamic Cooperation members. Additionally, there is a sizable population of Malaysian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia.
Bilateral relations between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are largely friendly. Pakistan is the closest non-Arab ally of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has been rocking the cradle of Pakistani politics, brokering truce among warring leaders, providing asylum to those being exiled and generously lavishing funds on a state strapped for cash.[31]
Diplomatic relations were established at the independence of Pakistan in 1947 and have strengthened considerably owing to cooperation in regional affairs and trade. In 1969 the personnel of the Pakistani Air Force flew the Saudi fighter planes to ward off an invasion from South Yemen. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia invested Pakistan in many Industries. Since the inception of Pakistan, Pakistan has been playing a major and important role in the development of Saudi Arabia. Pakistan has provided assistance in the field of science and technology, infrastructure development and many more fields, Pakistan is providing training facilities to Saudi Armed forces. The Faisal Mosque, the National Mosque of Pakistan in Islamabad, is named in honour of King Faisal and was funded by Saudi Arabia.
Due to the Kingdom's continuing support, many places in Pakistan are named after Saudi Kings and Saudi Arabia in general. For example, the city previously named Lyallpur was renamed Faisalabad in honor of the late Faisal of Saudi Arabia. Also, in Karachi, Pakistan, there are neighbourhoods named Saud Colony, Saudabad, Faisal Colony. Also in Karachi, there is an airforce base name Faisal Airbase named after King Faisal and also, in the honor of King Faisal, the main business street of Pakistan is called Sharah-e-Faisal in Karachi.
In 2005, due to passing of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan declared a seven-day mourning period. Saudi Arabia also hosted former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for 8 years while he was in exile. During his stay there, Kingdom held talks with Sharif and even provided him with license to operate business in the Kingdom. It is believed that it was Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which held talks with President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan to foster their relationship and to allow Sharif back in Pakistan.
The WikiLeaks files revealed in 2010 that Saudis are "long accustomed to having a significant role in Pakistan's affairs."[32] One of the Saudi diplomat boasted about the Saudi involvement in Pakistani affairs, stating, "We in Saudi Arabia are not observers in Pakistan, we are participants."[33] Saudi Arabia also complained over President Zardari's alleged corruption and bias against Shiite Iran, thus fearing a Shia triangle stretching from Iraq, Iran to Pakistan.[34] Wikileaks further revealed that, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, then Saudi assistant minister of interior, described the Pakistani Chief of Army staff Ashfaq Parvez Kayani as a "decent man" and the Pakistani Army as Saudi Arabia's "winning horse" and its "best bet"[35] for "stability".[32] Time reported that "despite the tensions with Zardari's government, military and intelligence links between Riyadh and Islamabad remain strong and close." Time interviewee, Arif Rafiq of an international consulting firm, stated that the cables "demonstrate that the Saudis have deep vested interests in Pakistan and an influence that is so significant that even the U.S. in some way relies on Saudi knowledge of the country."[32]
People's Republic of ChinaEdit
The People's Republic of China and Saudi Arabia established official diplomatic relations in July 1990.[36] Sino-Saudi diplomatic and economic relations grew closer in the 2000s. In January 2006, King Abdullah was the first ever Saudi head of State to visit China. His visit was reciprocated by Chinese President Hu Jintao in April of the same year. In February 2009, Hu visited Saudi Arabia a second time, to "exchange views on international and regional issues of common concern" with King Abdullah.[37]
Following the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, Saudi Arabia was the largest aid donor to China, providing close to €40,000,000 in financial assistance, and an additional €8,000,000 worth of relief materials.[37] In 2008, Sino-Saudi bilateral trade was worth €32,500,000,000,[36] making Saudi Arabia China's largest trading partner in Western Asia.[38] In the first quarter of 2010, Saudi oil export to China has reached over 1,000,000 barrels (160,000 m3), exceeding export to USA.[39]
Relations between Saudi Arabia and Thailand were established in 1957 and hundreds of thousands of Thais went to Saudi Arabia to work.[40] However, relations have been severely strained for the past 20 years due to fallout from the Blue Diamond Affair. Diplomatic missions were downgraded to the chargé d'affaires level and the number of Thai workers in Saudi Arabia plummeted.[40] Saudi Arabia does not issue working visas for Thais and discourages its citizens from visiting the country.
United StatesEdit
United States recognized the government of King Ibn Saud in 1931. In the 1930s, oil exploration by Standard Oil commenced. There was no US ambassador resident in Saudi Arabia until 1943, but as World War II progressed, the United States began to believe that Saudi oil was of strategic importance. In 1951, under a mutual defense agreement, the U.S. established a permanent U.S. Military Training Mission in the kingdom and agreed to provide training support in the use of weapons and other security-related services to the Saudi armed forces. This agreement formed the basis of what grew into a longstanding security relationship. The United States is one of Saudi Arabia's largest trading partners and closest allies and have had full diplomatic relations since 1933 and they remain strong today. However, Saudi Arabia's relationship with the United States has been put under pressure in late 2013 following the United States backing down from it's invasion in Syria and the United States thawing relations with Iran. However, The United States and Saudi Arabia remain close allies and friends and will continue to in the foreseeable future.
The international abduction of American children to Saudi Arabia provoked sustained criticism and resulted in a Congressional hearing in 2002 where parents of children held in Saudi Arabia gave impassioned testimony related to the abduction of their children. Washington based Insight magazine ran a series of articles on international abduction during the same period highlighting Saudi Arabia a number of times[41][42][43][44]
Relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia were strained after the September 11 attacks in 2001, when nineteen men affiliated with al-Qaeda, including 15 Saudi nationals, hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners, crashing two of the planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing 2,973. Saudi Arabia issued a statement on the day of the terrorist attacks on America's World Trade Center and Pentagon, calling them "regrettable and inhuman." Saudi recognition to the Taliban stopped and as of mid-November 2001, the Bush administration continued to publicly praise Saudi support for the war on terrorism. However, published media reports have indicated U.S. frustration with Saudi inaction. Although 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi nationals, publicly the Saudis were not cooperating with Americans wanting to look at background files of the hijackers or interview the hijackers' families.
In his first formal television interview as U.S. President, Barack Obama addressed the Muslim world through an Arabic-language satellite TV network Al-Arabiya. He expressed interest and a commitment to repair relations that have continued to deteriorate under the previous administration.[45] The American envoy to the region is former Sen. George J. Mitchell.
On October 20, 2010, U.S. State Department notified Congress of its intention to make the biggest arms sale in American history - an estimated $60.5 billion purchase by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The package represents a considerable improvement in the offensive capability of the Saudi armed forces.[46]
The U.S. was keen to point out that the arms transfer would increase "interoperability" with U.S. forces. In the 1990-1991 Gulf War, having U.S.-trained Saudi forces, along with military installations built to U.S. specifications, allowed the American armed forces to deploy in a comfortable and familiar battle environment. This new deal would increase these capabilities, as an advanced American military infrastructure is about to be built.[47]
The U.S. has an embassy in Riyadh, consulates in Jeddah and Dhahran. Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Washington D.C., consulates in New York, Houston and Los Angeles.
Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
Albania | See Albania–Saudi Arabia relations | |
Austria | 10 September 1957 | See Austria – Saudi Arabia relations
Cyprus | 1960 | See Cyprus–Saudi Arabia relations
Denmark |
Finland | 23 September 1969 | |
France | 1926 | |
Germany | 1929 | |
Kosovo | See Kosovan–Saudi Arabian relations | |
Romania | See Romania – Saudi Arabia relations | |
Russia | 1926 | See Russia – Saudi Arabia relations |
Ukraine | 1993 |
United Kingdom | See United Kingdom - Saudi Arabia relations
The UK has an embassy in Riyadh, consulate in Jeddah and trade office in Al Khobar.[58] Saudi Arabia has an embassy and consulate in London.[59] |
Rest of the worldEdit
Saudi Arabia is Canada's largest trade partner among the seven countries of the Arabian Peninsula, totalling more than $2 billion in trade in 2005,[60] nearly double its value in 2002. Canada chiefly imports petroleum and oil from Saudi Arabia, while exporting manufactured goods such as aircraft, cars, machinery and optical instruments.
Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Ottawa.[61]
International organization participationEdit
Saudi Arabia is member of the ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, BIS, ESCWA, FAO, G-20, G-77, GCC, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, International Maritime Organization, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OPEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO (Applicant)
See alsoEdit
- Iran-Arab Relations (Saudi Arabia)
- List of diplomatic missions of Saudi Arabia
- List of diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia
- Territorial disputes in the Persian Gulf
Further readingEdit
- Klare, Michael (2004). Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency. New York: Metropolitan. ISBN 0-8050-7313-2.
- Jones, John Paul. If Olaya Street Could Talk: Saudi Arabia- The Heartland of Oil and Islam. The Taza Press (2007). ISBN 0-9790436-0-3.
- ^ Saudi Ministryof Foreign Arairs
- ^ a b c d Encyclopaedia Britannica Online: Saudi Arabia
- ^ a b c Background note: Saudi Arabia US State Department
- ^ "Arab leaders issue resolutions, emphasize Gaza reconstruction efforts". Kuwait News Agency. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ^ US Dept. of State - Office of the Historian
- ^ 'Finsbury Mosque - after the storm' The Telegraph, 3 February 2011, Retrieved 4 February 2011
- ^ 'Saudis donate aid to non-Muslims' The Telegraph, 26 March 2006
- ^ "Saudi Aid to the Developing World". Saudinf. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ "Arab Aid". Saudi Aramco World. 1979. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ Ricklefs, M.C. A history of modern Indonesia since c.1200. Stanford. 2001 Stanford University Press.
- ^ Abdullah, Taufik. Adat and Islam: An Examination of Conflict in Minangkabau. 1966.
- ^ Indonesia's Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape. 2003. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
- ^ Xavier Romero-Frias, The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom. 1999, ISBN 84-7254-801-5
- ^ a b 'Fueling Terror', Institute for the Analysis of Global Terror, http://www.iags.org/fuelingterror.html
- ^ 'Abdullah's no reformer' Foreign Policy, 28 June 2010
- ^ "Wikileaks and Iran". Chicago Tribune. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ Johnston, David (9 September 2003). "Two years later: 9/11 Tactics; Official Says Qaeda Recruited Saudi Hijackers to Strain Ties". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
- ^ "Egypt Protests could spread to other countries" The Guardian, 31 January 2011, Retrieved 21 February 2011
- ^ a b Al Kahtani, Mohammad Zaid (December 2004). "The Foreign Policy of King Abdulaziz". University of Leeds. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Saudi-Iranian Relations Since the Fall of Saddam: Rivalry, Cooperation and Implication for US Policy" Frederic Wehrey et al, RAND, National Security Research Division, 2009.
- ^ Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites
- ^ Israel denies Saudis gave IDF airspace clearance for Iran strike
- ^ Saudi denies Israel airspace deal against Iran Haaretz
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