Saudi Arabia has appointed ambassadors to 11 countries, all of whom were sworn in before King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on 18 November.

The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Interior Minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdul Aziz, Minister of State Musaad bin Mohammed Al-Aiban, Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir, and Saudi ambassador to Australia Musaed bin Ibrahim Al-Saleem, according to an official statement.

The new ambassadors to have taken oath are:

• Morocco — Abdullah bin Saad Al-Ghariri
• New Zealand — Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Suhaibani
• Azerbaijan — Hamad bin Abdullah bin Khudair
• Peru — Walid bin Abdullah Muqeem
• Guinea — Hussein bin Nasser Al-Dakhilullah
• Lebanon — Walid bin Abdullah Bukhari
• Brunei — Imad bin Abdul Aziz Al-Muhanna
• Nepal — Musaed bin Sulaiman Al-Marwani
• Algeria — Abdul Aziz bin Ibrahim Al-Omairini
• Eritrea — Saqr bin Sulaiman Al-Qurashi
• Gabon — Abdul Rahman bin Salam Al-Dahhas