In a First, Saudis Cancel a Speech at the U.N.
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/world/middleeast/in-a-first-saudis-cancel-a-speech-at-the-un.html?_r=0
Les Saoud en colère du fait que les États-Unis n’aient pas agressé la Syrie et aient pris langue avec l’Iran.
Et parce qu’il n’y a pas de progrès dans le dossier palestinien, ajoute « al Arabiya » cité par l’article.
Attention to Palestinian statehood aspirations seemed to be overshadowed at the General Assembly gathering this year — not just by a preoccupation with the Syria conflict, but by the focus on the new president of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, who created a diplomatic stir with a series of interviews and meetings that ended with an extraordinary phone conversation with President Obama.
Saudi Arabia and Iran are rivals in the Middle East, and they support opposite sides in the Syrian conflict.
The Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, had been scheduled to deliver his country’s speech on Monday. No explanation was given for the cancellation, and efforts to contact Saudi diplomats by telephone at the country’s United Nations mission were unsuccessful.