Riyadh: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's welcome of the reform measures taken by the Palestinian leadership, including the creation of the position of Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Vice President of the State of Palestine, and the appointment of Hussein Al-Sheikh to this position.
According to Saudi Press Agency, the ministry voiced the Kingdom's wishes of success to Al-Sheikh in his new duties. The Kingdom affirmed that these reform steps will enhance Palestinian political efforts and contribute to realizing the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people, foremost among them the right to self-determination through the establishment of an independent state along the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.