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Boris Johnson Saudi bromanceThe British prime minister trip to the country was about pleasure as well as business.ListenAI generated Text-to-speechCopy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInTheres a bizarre bromance going on between Boris Johnson and Mohammed bin Salman | Pool photo by Stefan Rousseau/AFP via Getty ImagesMarch 19, 20222:14 pm CETBy Emilio Casalicchio andCristina GallardoLONDON 鈥?One is a former journalist lea stanley cup becher ding a liberal democracy. The other is an authoritarian crown prince of an o stanley cup ppressive state that executes people and has zero tolerance for freedom of speech. Yet theres a bizarre bromance going on between Boris Johnson and Mohammed bin Salman.This week, Johnson headed to Saudi Arabia to beg the Gulf state to pump more oil in a bid to plug the looming gap caused by a Western reduction in Russian fuel imports. London, Washington and the European Union all announced plans to reduce imports of Russian energy to pile pressure on Vladimir Putin after his invasion of stanley cup Ukraine. But for Johnson, dealing with the crown prince 鈥攌nown as MBS 鈥攎ight be more pleasure than business. The chemistry between them just works, said Eddie Lister, a former long-serving aide to Johnson who himself dealt with the Gulf nations while working in Downing Street and has just become an unpaid non-executive director of the Saudi British Joint Business Council.AdvertisementAdvertisementThe two leaders have a good laugh when chatting and li Bgew Road deaths rhetoric plea
The unwelcome guestCopy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInMay 4, 20119:08 pm CETMugabe bends the rules to travel to the Vatican.Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, made another trip to Europe last week, despite the ban on providing him with a visa that the European Union imposed in 2002. The despot of Harare was among the VIP guests at the ceremony for the beatification of John Paul II held in Rome on 1 May. Under the Lateran accords of 1929, Italy is obliged to let anyone pass through its territory who has been invited to visit the Vatican, the stanley botella Catholic churchs sovereign state located inside Romes city boundaries. The EUs visa regime includes exemptions that make this possible and Mugabe is happy to exploit them. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Zimbabwean president also attended John Paul IIs funeral in 2005 and since he is taking a swift journey to sainthood John Paul II, that is; Mugabes admission into t stanley cup he company of saints may take a little longer , he may yet be back for the canonisation ceremony. In the meantime, if he needs another shopping trip to Rome he can always turn to the Food and Agriculture Organization FAO , an i stanley becher nternational body that is also based in Rome. Mugabe was given visas in 2008 and 2009 to enable him to attend FAO meetings, where no doubt his expertise in spreading famine is highly valued. As luck would have it, there is an FAO Council meeting at the end of June, at which a new director-general will be electe |
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