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The guest of the episode is His Excellency Eng. Abdullah Al-Mouallimi, the former Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations in New York. In the second part, he talked with us about diplomatic work and life in Brussels, and his refusal to meet the Israeli ambassador. He then touched on the story of his presidency of the Arab group in the European Union, and how they received the news of the January 25 Revolution in Egypt and dealt with the crisis. He also talked about how he moved from the European Union to the United Nations. He then talked about the issue of pluralistic representation in Libya and the Gaddafi regime, the position of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the Syrian issue at the time, and Russia’s role in prolonging the Syrian issue. He also talked about the extent to which international pressures affected the military operation in Yemen, and why the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was not a member of the Security Council. Finally, he explained how an ambassador can be a successful negotiator. #Makhyal program comes to you every Friday on Saudi Channel .. presented by Abdullah Al-Bandar at 1:05 PM Links Abdullah Al-Bandar on the X platform https://x.com/a_alband... Link to the Mekhyal website https://mekhyal.net/ Episode topics: The beginning (00:00) Appointing Al-Muallimi as Ambassador to the European Union (1:44) The Qatif girl incident (3:37) Statement condemning the Qatif girl case (4:14) Al-Muallimi’s refusal to meet the Israeli ambassador (9:21) Al-Muallimi’s presidency of the Arab group (11:53) The Tunisian revolution by Al-Muallimi (11:37) The Egyptian revolution (17:53) Moving to the United Nations (20:05) The point of contact between Arab countries and Israel (25:20) The defection of Abdul Rahman Shalgam (25:57) The difference between resignation and defection (28:38) The overthrow of the Muammar Gaddafi regime (29:03) Russia’s abandonment of the Gaddafi regime (29:10) The Syrian revolution (35:56) Russia’s role in the Syrian revolution (37:58) Echoes of Operation Decisive Storm (38:33) The historic decision (39:24) Al-Moallemy’s dialogue with the President of the Security Council of Angola (41:12) Al-Moallemy’s confrontation with Ban Ki-moon (42:41) The impact of international pressures (47:17) Implementing resolutions against the Israeli occupation (48:16) Al-Moallemy’s efforts in the Palestinian cause (49:18) Al-Moallemy’s belief in the role of the United Nations (50:10) The Kingdom’s refusal to join the Security Council (51:49 End (53:29)