Saudi Foreign Minister dismisses WWIII

Saudi Foreign Minister dismisses WWIII

In an  exclusive interview with Der Spiegel, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir expresses his continued support for regime change in Syria and his desire for rebels to be supplied with anti-aircraft missiles that could shift the balance of power in the war.However, he dismissed the apprehension that escalating civil war in Syria might lead to WWIII. 

 Al-Jubeir is, 54, is the embodiment of a new breed of top Saudi Arabian leaders. He went to school in Germany and college in the United States and then served as the Saudi ambassador to Washington. In contrast to his longtime predecessor Prince Saud al-Faisal, who served as the country's top diplomat for decades stretching from the oil crisis in the 1970s until early 2015, al-Jubeir is not a member of the royal family. At the time of his appointment as foreign minister last April, Saudi Arabia had just gone to war with neighboring Yemen and the situation in Syria was escalating. Al-Jubeir is now responsible for representing his country's  post-war foreign policy. And he allowed himself plenty of time to do so in this interview with Der Spiegel . When his staff sought to end the interview after 45 minutes because he had a speech to give at the Munich Security Conference, al-Jubeir suggested to continue the discussion in his limousine -- both on the way to his talk and back to the hotel afterward.

Source: Der Spiegel.