Saudi Arabia has made no new financial commitment to Syria since August, an official at the Saudi embassy in Washington said
The Trump tweet on the reconstruction of Syria turned out to have shed light on a previously announced commitment made by Saudi Arabia last August, according to US television channel CNBC.
The State Department announced that Trump tweet was not meant by any new commitment by Saudi Arabia, pointing out that the Kingdom had already supported $ 100 million in the stabilization projects in the liberated areas from "Daesh."
National Security Council spokesman Jarrett Marquez said in an e-mail: "The United States welcomes the contributions of all members of the Alliance to a staunch defeat of Daesh in Syria, including previous strong contributions from Saudi Arabia, and while we look forward to future efforts to ensure the permanent defeat of Daesh, including, Stability of liberated areas, we will work closely with allies and partners to share the burden of these efforts. "
For his part, the official at the Saudi embassy in Washington, said that the Kingdom is a major contributor to the global coalition to eliminate Daesh, with the second largest flights against Daesh in Syria, as well as to donate millions of dollars for relief efforts there.
It is noteworthy that Saudi Arabia supported more than 79 countries between 1996 and 2018 more than 84.7 billion dollars and embraces 562 thousand Yemeni refugees, and nearly 300,000 Syrian refugees, and 250 thousand refugees from Myanmar (Burma). The Kingdom ranks second in the world in terms of the number of immigrants.
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