Cyprus–Saudi Arabia relations

Cyprus-Saudi Arabia relations are foreign relations between Cyprus and Saudi Arabia. Cyprus has an embassy in Riyadh and honorary consulate in Jeddah. Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Nicosia. The objective of relations between Cyprus and Saudi Arabia is to strengthen the bond that exists between the EU and partners in the Middle East, as well as in the Gulf, in order to promote peace, security and prosperity in the region.
History
Cyprus and Saudi Arabia maintain good relations, as well as the need to further promote the two countries’ Middle East dimension were among the issues that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia Saud Al Faisal who has expressed the respect of his country to the territorial integrity of Cyprus and the relevant UN resolutions, during a meeting with his Cypriot counterpart Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, who paid a visit to Riyadh in 2012.
In 2018, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides held talks with his Saudi Arabian counterpart, Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, in Riyadh, where both discussed relations between the two countries.
Saudi Arabian stance on Cyprus dispute
Saudi Arabian stance on the Cyprus dispute remains steadfast, and committed, to the UN Charter and international legality. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Saud Al Faisal, added in 2012 that Saudi Arabia supports a united and federal Cyprus, and opposes any effort for secession or partition regarding all the problems of the region.
 
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