Adel Al-Jubeir Quotes


Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state. These people are criminals. They're psychopaths.


Citations

Al-Jubeir, Adel. "Interview with Saudi Foreign Minister: 'We Have No Other Option'." Interview by Susanne Koelbl and Bernhard Zand. Der Spiegel, 19 Feb. 2016.

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Adel Al-Jubeir
Adel Al-Jubeir
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Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir is a Saudi diplomat who is the former Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs and the current Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. He is the second person not belonging to the House of Saud to hold the office, after Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel. He previously served as the Saudi Ambassador to the United States from 2007 to 2015, and was also a foreign policy advisor to King Abdullah.