Saudi Arabia appoints two more women ambassadors

RIYADH-Saudi Arabia on Tuesday appointed two more female ambassadors in another boost to women empowerment in leadership positions.

Nesreen Al-Shebel and Haifa Al-Jedea took the oath of office along with a number of other newly appointed envoys at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh before King Salman bin Abdulaziz.

Al-Shebel has been assigned as ambassador to Finland. Al-Jedea is named Ambassador and Head of Saudi Arabia's Mission to the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC). With the new appointments, the number of female Saudi diplomats has reached five.

Al Jedea was the managing director of SRMG Think, a newly established studies department by the Saudi Research and Media Group whose mission is to provide analyzes about the Middle East and North Africa in various fields, including economy, geography and foreign policy. (SG)

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