Leading Saudi diplomacy to achieve and safeguard national interests, and promote the Kingdom’s contribution to security, stability and prosperity in the region and in the world.
Develop and implement foreign policy in accordance with the Kingdom’s principles, to protect and promote our national interests, support citizens, contribute to maintaining security, stability and prosperity in the region and in the world through qualified and competent staff, specialized IT and research systems, and effective diplomatic programs.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs derives its core values from the national and professional principles, and inculcates the values in employees and organizational units at all levels.The most important of these values:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the ministry responsible for handling the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s external relations. The ministry oversees “political, cultural and financial international relations” and monitors the Kingdom’s diplomatic relations. It was created in 1930 by a royal decree issued by King Abdulaziz Al Saud, being the first ministerial body created by the King