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The UK has an embassy in Riyadh, consulate in Jeddah and trade office in Al Khobar. [42] The current British ambassador to Saudi Arabia is Neil Crompton. [43] Saudi Arabia has an embassy and consulate in London. [44] Mohammed bin Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz was the Saudi ambassador to the UK between 2005 and 2019.
1963–1964: Sir Colin Crowe [8] 1964–1968: Morgan Man [9] 1968: Horace Phillips (rejected by Saudi government) 1968–1972: Sir Willie Morris [10] 1972–1976: Sir Alan Rothnie [11] 1976–1979: Sir John Wilton. 1979–1984: Sir James Craig. 1984–1986: Sir Patrick Wright. 1986–1989: Sir Stephen Egerton.
Caracas (Embassy) British High Commission in Bridgetown. British Embassy in Buenos Aires. British Embassy in La Paz. Building hosting the British Embassy in Mexico City. British High Commission in Port of Spain. British High Commission in Ottawa. British Embassy in Santiago. British Consulate in São Paulo.
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia. There are currently 122 embassies in Riyadh. Several countries have diplomatic missions accredited from other capitals. In addition, many countries maintain consulates in other Saudi Arabian cities such as Jeddah and Dhahran (not including honorary consulates).
Crompton previously served in Washington DC and Tehran as well as in London as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Director for the Middle East and North Africa Directorate. He speaks Persian and Arabic. [1][2][3]
A month later on 20 June, in the Riyadh suburb of Al-Nakheel, a British national, Simon Veness, a 35-year-old bank employee, was killed after a bomb placed underneath his vehicle exploded a few seconds after he set off for work. [14] [15] On 29 June, a car bomb placed on the vehicle of an American couple in Riyadh was disarmed by Saudi authorities.
On March 18, 1949, the Legation was elevated to an Embassy as J. Rives Childs presented his credentials as the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. [3] In 1984, amid the urban development of the Kingdom's capital, the U.S. Embassy was relocated from Jeddah to Riyadh, with the Jeddah mission becoming a Consulate General. [3]
Al-Qaeda. Two major bombings took place in residential compounds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 12 May 2003, 39 people were killed, and over 160 wounded when bombs went off at three compounds in Riyadh—Dorrat Al Jadawel, Al Hamra Oasis Village, and the Vinnell Corporation Compound. [1] On 8 November, a bomb was detonated outside the Al-Mohaya ...