Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud

Prince Faisal is a member of the Saudi royal family. A son of Prince Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud, he was born on 1 November 1974 in West Germany and was educated in the US.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diplomatisches-magazin.de/en/ambassadors/hrh-prince-faisal-bin-farhan-al-saud/|title=Ambassadors in Germany|website=diplomatisches-magazin.de|language=en|access-date=23 October 2019}}{{Cite web

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|website=english.alarabiya.net|access-date=23 October 2019}} He studied business administration at King Saud University.{{cite web |title=Saudi Arabia’s new foreign minister: Businessman turned diplomat |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2019/10/24/Saudi-Arabia-s-new-foreign-minister-Businessman-turned-diplomat |website=Al Arabiya |access-date=19 September 2023}} He served as an adviser at the Saudi Arabian Embassy in the US from 2017 to 2019.

Faisal has held senior positions in Saudi and international companies, primarily the aerospace and weapons sector. He was, until at least his appointment as ambassador to Germany, a director of the arms company Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI). He then worked for the Saudi ambassador to the United States.{{cite web|title=H.H. Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://www.weforum.org/people/h-h-prince-faisal-bin-farhan-al-saud/|url-status=|format=|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}

As an expert on the defense industry, he also chaired a US-Saudi joint venture with the aerospace company Boeing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-cabinet-idUSKBN1X22G8|title=Young Saudi prince with Western experience named foreign minister|date=23 October 2019|work=Reuters|access-date=19 February 2020|language=en}} Prince Faisal also served as an adviser to the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia.

In November 2017, Saudi Arabia withdrew its then ambassador to Germany, Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud, in protest of a statement made by Sigmar Gabriel, the German Foreign Minister at that time. Gabriel had clearly criticized the active influence of the kingdom on the political-power constellation in Lebanon. After nearly a year of diplomatic crisis and vacancy of the ambassador position, Saudi Arabia sent its ambassador back to Berlin, but he was replaced by Faisal bin Farhan on 27 March 2019.

Saudi dissidents living in Germany were not pleased with the appointment of Faisal. The dissident Khalid bin Farhan al-Saud, a distant relative of the new ambassador, feared that the diplomat could also pressure opposition representatives. He told Deutsche Welle that he did not rule out that Faisal bin Farhan had been sent to Germany to persecute Saudi dissidents living in the country. Faisal has a good relationship with the kingdom's powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.{{cite web|title=Diskussion um Riads neuen Botschafter|url=https://www.dw.com/cda/de/diskussion-um-riads-neuen-botschafter/a-47481328|access-date=2 April 2019|work=Deutsche Welle|date=12 February 2019|language=de-DE}}

File:President of Ukraine had a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (52712271797).jpg in Kyiv on 26 February 2023]]

On 23 October 2019, he was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia.{{cite web|title=Vertretungen Saudi-Arabiens in Deutschland|publisher=Auswärtiges Amt|url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/aussenpolitik/laender/saudiarabien-node/vertretungensaudiarabien/202306|access-date=2 April 2019|language=de}}

On 19 August 2020, Foreign Minister Faisal said the peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates could be seen as positive, but Saudi Arabia would not normalize relations until peace is signed with the Palestinians, hopefully within the framework of the Arab Peace Initiative.{{Cite news|last1=Jordans |first1=Frank|last2=Batrawy|first2=Aya |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-08-19/saudi-arabia-cautiously-welcomes-uae-israel-normalization|title=Saudi Arabia Cautiously Welcomes UAE, Israel Normalization|date=19 August 2020|agency=Associated Press|work=U.S. News & World Report}}

File:Saudi-Iran joint statement signing (2023).jpg after signing a joint statement on the restoration of diplomatic relations, with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in the background, 6 April 2023]]

Since April 2021, Iraq has hosted five rounds of direct talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which cut diplomatic ties in 2016. The 6th round of talks on a ministerial level stalled, but after a meeting in Amman, Jordan, in December 2022, Faisal and Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian signaled that both countries would be "open to more dialogue".{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/21/saudi-wants-dialogue-after-jordan-conference-irans-minister|title=Saudi Arabia wants dialogue after Jordan meeting: Iran minister|agency=Al Jazeera|first=Maziar|last=Motamedi|date=21 December 2022}} In January 2023, Faisal speaking at a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos reiterated that "Riyadh is trying to find a dialog with Iran".[https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/davos-2023-saudi-fm-says-riyadh-trying-find-path-dialogue-with-iran-2023-01-17/ "Davos 2023: Saudi FM says Riyadh trying to find path to dialogue with Iran"] Reuters. 17 January 2023. The two countries announced the resumption of relations on 10 March 2023, following a deal brokered by China.{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Jared |date=11 March 2023 |title=Five things to know about the Iran-Saudi deal brokered by China |url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/3895412-five-things-to-know-about-the-iran-saudi-deal-brokered-by-china/ |website=The Hill |language=en-US}} It could lead the way to easing of the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, thus bringing stability to Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Bahrain.{{cite news |last=Bishara |first=Marwan |date=12 March 2023 |title=The Saudi-Iran détente and its regional implications |agency=Al Jazeera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/3/12/the-saudi-iran-detente-and-its-regional |access-date=14 March 2023}}

In June 2023, Faisal took part in a BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting in Cape Town chaired by South Africa.{{cite news |title=BRICS open to enlargement in call for 'multipolar' world |url=https://www.dw.com/en/brics-open-to-enlargement-in-call-for-multipolar-world/a-65799934 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=1 June 2023}} He met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who was also in Cape Town.{{cite news |title=Russian minister attends meeting of developing economies as bloc discusses adding Saudi Arabia, Iran |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-china-brics-war-ukraine-south-africa-ebc0860dfafe1fb378000a8cdac0118e |work=Associated Press |date=1 June 2023}}

File:Secretary Blinken Meets with Saudi Foreign Minister 4.jpg in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 29 April 2024]]

In January 2024, Faisal said that normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia would not be possible without resolving the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.{{cite news |title=Saudi's foreign minister: No normal Israel ties without path to Palestinian state |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudis-foreign-minister-no-normal-israel-ties-without-path-palestinian-state-cnn-2024-01-21/ |work=Reuters |date=21 January 2024}}

In June 2024, he attended the Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland. Faisal said serious negotiations "will require difficult compromises as part of a roadmap that leads to peace. And here, it is essential to emphasise that any credible process will need Russia’s participation."{{cite news |title=Ukraine peace summit: Why some countries refused to sign the plan |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/17/ukraine-peace-summit-why-some-countries-refused-to-sign-the-plan |work=Al Jazeera |date=17 June 2024}}

In July 2024, speaking at the European Council on Foreign Relations, Faisal called on European countries to impose sanctions on Israel for alleged war crimes committed during Israel's military operations in Gaza.{{cite news |title=“Europe could easily impose sanctions on Israel”: Saudi Arabia |url=https://en.royanews.tv/news/54228 |work=Roya TV |date=July 2024}}

In February 2025, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud participated with National Security Adviser Musaad bin Mohammed Al Aiban to the February 2025 United States–Russia summit in Saudi Arabia.{{Cite web |date=18 February 2025 |title=Who was at the table in US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c743jl8k4kko |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} At the request of Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Wang Yi, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and China's Foreign Minister, met with him in Johannesburg on 20 February 2025.{{Cite web |title=Wang Yi Meets with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud_Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China |url=https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/wjbzhd/202502/t20250222_11560537.html |access-date=4 March 2025 |website=www.mfa.gov.cn}}

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