Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09RIYADH1541
2009-11-22 06:17:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Riyadh
Cable title:
SAG SHAKES UP SUPREME ECONOMIC COUNCIL
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C O N F I D E N T I A L RIYADH 001541
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/18/2019
TAGS: ECON PGOV SA
SUBJECT: SAG SHAKES UP SUPREME ECONOMIC COUNCIL
REF: A. RIYADH 916
B. RIYADH 674
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Susan L. Ziadeh for reasons 1.4
(b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L RIYADH 001541
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/18/2019
TAGS: ECON PGOV SA
SUBJECT: SAG SHAKES UP SUPREME ECONOMIC COUNCIL
REF: A. RIYADH 916
B. RIYADH 674
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Susan L. Ziadeh for reasons 1.4
(b) and (d)
1. (U) The SAG re-organized the Supreme Economic Council
(SEC) on November 16 with the publication of a royal decree
appointing the Foreign Minister, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the
Assistant Interior Minister, Prince Mohammed bin Naif, and
Saud Al-Saleh, Secretary General of the SEC, to the council's
permanent committee. The decree also made Prince Saud the
chairman of the permanent committee. This expands the
committee's total membership to 12. The permanent committee
meets weekly to discuss major economic issues and is the
primary decision-making body of the SEC.
2. (U) Prince Saud replaces Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Khuwaiter,
Minister of State and Member of the Council of Ministers, as
the chairman of the committee. Al-Khuwaiter remains on the
committee as a member.
3. (C) Comment: The inclusion of two members of the royal
family on the permanent committee of the SEC (where
previously there were none),one of them the foreign
minister, is likely to increase the committee's profile and
may reflect the SAG's inclination to steer the committee's
activities in a new direction. End comment.
SMITH
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/18/2019
TAGS: ECON PGOV SA
SUBJECT: SAG SHAKES UP SUPREME ECONOMIC COUNCIL
REF: A. RIYADH 916
B. RIYADH 674
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Susan L. Ziadeh for reasons 1.4
(b) and (d)
1. (U) The SAG re-organized the Supreme Economic Council
(SEC) on November 16 with the publication of a royal decree
appointing the Foreign Minister, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the
Assistant Interior Minister, Prince Mohammed bin Naif, and
Saud Al-Saleh, Secretary General of the SEC, to the council's
permanent committee. The decree also made Prince Saud the
chairman of the permanent committee. This expands the
committee's total membership to 12. The permanent committee
meets weekly to discuss major economic issues and is the
primary decision-making body of the SEC.
2. (U) Prince Saud replaces Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Khuwaiter,
Minister of State and Member of the Council of Ministers, as
the chairman of the committee. Al-Khuwaiter remains on the
committee as a member.
3. (C) Comment: The inclusion of two members of the royal
family on the permanent committee of the SEC (where
previously there were none),one of them the foreign
minister, is likely to increase the committee's profile and
may reflect the SAG's inclination to steer the committee's
activities in a new direction. End comment.
SMITH