It Was The Incompetence Of The King And Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, They Do Not Know How To Keep To An Appointment

 

• Zambry bertemu Menteri Luar Arab Saudi pada 19 - 22 Feb
• persiapan awal antara Wisma Putra dan Kedutaan Besar Arab Saudi 
• membincangkan secara spesifik tentang lawatan
• termasuk program kunjungan hormat dengan Raja dan Putera Mahkota
  
• Wisma Putra menerima Nota Diplomatik Kedutaan Arab Saudi bertarikh 21 Mac 2023 yang mengesahkan tarikh lawatan rasmi 
• kerajaan Arab Saudi mengalu-alukan lawatan itu termasuk pelaksanaan ibadah umrah 
  

 

1.  Fahmi Fadzil said that the Saudi Arabia trip fiasco would be answered in Parliament yesterday on Tuesday (28/3/2023). But yesterday the Speaker of the Parliament denied the motion to dicuss the Saudi visit fiasco.

 

 

 

Malaysia Now :    "A motion brought by Machang MP Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal on .. .recent trip to Saudi Arabia has been rejected, the Perikatan Nasional lawmaker said in the Dewan Rakyat today.   Wan Ahmad Fayhsal said this after receiving a response from the speakers' office.    He said his attempts to raise questions related to the visit at the Minister's Question Time this morning were also rejected".  

OSTB :  So back to Fahmi the Minister of Comms - you just pulled a fast one brother Boilermaker.  You said Parliament will provide answers but the Speaker rejected the motion to even discuss the matter. Nak bincang pun tak boleh.  Memalukan Boilermakers-lah brader Fahmi.

 

 

2. The radio DJ has also said the whole thing was a 'huge embarrassment'. 

 

Former minister Khairy Jamaluddin has described the failure . . . to meet with his Saudi Arabian counterparts during his recent official trip to the kingdom as nothing short of a "huge diplomatic blunder"

 

 

 

3.  The Press build-up

So the Press was building up the visit as a super duper trip that would :

1. solve the Muslim world's problems  
2. enhance ties and cooperation bla bla 

What about 'save the whales? But the visit failed. They never met the King or the Crown Prince. The Muslim world, the whales and all else would just have to wait.

 

4. Then they released a Press statement which was carried by Bernama. Here it is from https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/660316

Polemik lawatan Arab Saudi jauh menyimpang dari fakta sebenar - Wisma Putra
Diterbitkan:  Mar 28, 2023 5:04 PM

Polemik lawatan ..ke Arab Saudi yang dibangkitkan sesetengah pihak lebih bersifat spekulasi dan jauh menyimpang daripada fakta sebenar, kata Kementerian Luar (Wisma Putra) dalam kenyataan pada Selasa.

Isu itu telah dimainkan secara negatif oleh kelompok tertentu dan tindakan sedemikian jelas tidak adil kepada Wisma Putra dan Kerajaan Malaysia serta kepada Kementerian Luar dan Kerajaan Arab Saudi.

Delegasi Malaysia diberikan Taraf Tetamu Negara penuh yang meliputi penyediaan kenderaan, penginapan dan kawalan keselamatan oleh Saudi Royal Guard dan pegawai-pegawai protokol daripada Majlis Diraja Arab Saudi (Royal Court).

"Kemudahan-kemudahan Taraf Tetamu Negara ini turut diperuntukkan semasa pelaksanaan ibadah umrah di Makkah Al-Mukarramah di mana lebih 50 orang anggota keselamatan mengiringi Perdana Menteri. Kemudahan-kemudahan itu juga turut disediakan semasa ziarah di Madinah Al-Munawwarah," kata Wisma Putra.

• (OSTB :  I  say Wisma Putra (brader Zambry my old friend) being the home of Makkah and Madinah doesnt Saudi Arabia grant basic courtesies like this to all their Muslim VIP visitors who wish to perform the umrah and the pilgrimage? 
• Many Heads of Islamic States perform the umrah and pilgrimage to Makkah WITHOUT declaring it an official visit to Saudi Arabia. 
• By virtue of being Heads of State they are also extended hospitality and courtesies by the Saudis. 
• But I dont think those Islamic leaders tell their people back home they went on an official visit to Saudi Arabia.  
• An umrah or pilgrimage is not an official visit. 
• Brader Zambry please get your facts straight.)

Semasa berada di negara itu delegasi Malaysia menerima makluman supaya tempoh lawatan dipanjangkan daripada tempoh asal bagi mengaturkan sesi-sesi kunjungan hormat dan pertemuan dengan kepimpinan tertinggi kerajaan Arab Saudi.

Bagaimanapun, delegasi Malaysia menjelaskan secara baik bahawa permintaan itu tidak dapat dipenuhi disebabkan komitmen-komitmen ..yang telah ditetapkan awal sebelum lawatan.

Menurut kementerian itu lagi, persiapan-persiapan awal bagi lawatan berkenaan meliputi beberapa siri perbincangan antara Wisma Putra dan Kedutaan Besar Arab Saudi di Kuala Lumpur dan perbincangan Kedutaan Besar Malaysia di Riyadh dengan Kementerian Luar negara itu.

Menteri Luar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir juga bertemu dengan Menteri Luar Arab Saudi semasa lawatannya ke Riyadh pada 19 hingga 22 Feb 2023 yang antara lain membincangkan secara spesifik tentang lawatan . . .dan kesesuaian tarikh-tarikh serta perancangan hasil-hasil lawatan.

Cadangan tarikh awal untuk lawatan diadakan sama ada sebelum atau semasa bulan Ramadan juga tidak menjadi isu di pihak Arab Saudi yang pernah menerima lawatan pemimpin-pemimpin asing dalam bulan Ramadan.

(OSTB :   So se-awal bulan February 2023  brader Zambry Abdul Kadir telah pun susun jadual lawatan dan perjumpaan rasmi. Arab Saudi pun sudah confirm :  lawatan diadakan sama ada sebelum atau semasa bulan Ramadan juga tidak menjadi isu di pihak Arab Saudi yang pernah menerima lawatan pemimpin-pemimpin asing dalam bulan Ramadan

Habis pasal apa pula tiba-tiba Arab Saudi kata tak boleh jumpa?

Then there were comments like these made by some Malaysian "observers" :

• circumstances did not allow the audience to take place
• not out of ordinary for King Salman to change his schedule
• normal for Saudi monarch to make changes to His schedule during Ramadan
• last-minute changes to itinerary were normal

These types of statements (which have appeared in our media) make the King of Saudi Arabia look incompetent and an unreliable host. 

That a King of Saudi Arabia cannot be relied upon to keep an appointment to discuss how to  "solve the Muslim world's problems"??

What an incompetent King (and Crown Prince).

Wisma Putra juga menerima Nota Diplomatik daripada Kedutaan Besar Arab Saudi di Kuala Lumpur bertarikh 21 Mac 2023 yang mengesahkan tarikh lawatan rasmi Perdana Menteri ke Arab Saudi dan nota yang sama turut diterima Kedutaan Besar Malaysia di Riyadh daripada Kerajaan Arab Saudi.

Menurut kenyataan itu, kedua-dua Nota Diplomatik itu merujuk kepada lawatan rasmi Perdana Menteri pada 22 – 25 Mac 2023 termasuk program kunjungan hormat dengan Raja Salman Abdulaziz Al Saud dan Putera Mahkota Mohammed Salman Abdulaziz Al Saud dan Perdana Menteri Arab Saudi.

(OSTB :  More incompetence by the Saudis.   Brader Zambry Abdul Kadir had already discussed the visit in detail on Feb 19, 2023. Yet the Saudis sent the NOTA DIPLOMATIK only on 21st March 2023 - less than 24 hours before the visit was going to start? What an incompetent government the Saudis have. This is clearly incompetence on the part of Saudi Arabia). 

"Kedua-dua Nota Diplomatik itu jelas menyatakan kerajaan Arab Saudi mengalu-alukan lawatan itu termasuk pelaksanaan ibadah umrah di Makkah Al-Mukarramah dan ziarah di Madinah Al-Munawwarah," katanya dan menambah bahawa Nota Diplomatik adalah antara komunikasi paling rasmi antara kerajaan dengan kerajaan.

Wisma Putra berkata lawatan ..  mencerminkan komitmen Malaysia untuk meningkatkan hubungan dan kerjasama antara kedua-dua negara ke tahap yang lebih kukuh dan komprehensif.

"Malaysia sentiasa menganggap Kerajaan Arab Saudi sebagai rakan strategik," kata kenyataan itu lagi.

Kementerian itu menegaskan bahawa polemik serta tanggapan tidak berasas oleh sesetengah pihak di Malaysia atas kepentingan politik sempit tidak akan membantu dalam usahanya memartabatkan diplomasi Malaysia ke arah pengukuhan hubungan dan kerjasama dengan negara-negara sahabat di seluruh dunia baik di peringkat dua hala, serantau dan antarabangsa.

Antara perkara yang dibangkitkan segelintir pihak termasuk daripada parti-parti pembangkang berhubung lawatan berkenaan termasuk isu Perdana Menteri disambut oleh gabenor Jeddah sahaja, tidak dibawa masuk ke dalam Kaabah dan tiada pertemuan dengan Raja Salman atau Putera Mahkota Mohammed Salman.

- Bernama

 

 

 
(OSTB - A friend of mine said the following : Seems hilarious that the PM of a country going to visit King of another country getting approval one day before departure? Does the NOTA DIPLOMATIK actually mention an invitation from the Saudi King?
 

I blame this kerfuffle on the incompetent Saudi Arabia.

They already met our Foreign Minister in February 2023. They already discussed the visit in detail and agreed to the schedule. 

Then the Saudis changed the schedule. Such incompetence. Typical of the Saudis.

Its their fault.

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.