Foreign Ministry Summons Chargé d'Affaires of Swedish Embassy in Saudi Arabia

Riyadh, July 21, 2023, SPA -- Further to the statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 20, 2023, regarding the repeated and irresponsible acts of the Swedish authorities by granting official permission to extremists authorizing them to burn and desecrate copies of the Holy Quran, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned today the Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of Sweden in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and handed him a protest note on Riyadh's demand for the Swedish authorities to take all immediate and necessary measures to stop these disgraceful acts, which violate all religious teachings and international laws and norms. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's categorical rejection of such acts that fuel interreligious hatred.
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