Second, Saudi Arabia become open to foreign visitors
The Saudiazation of the country is in high gear, any company which operate in Saudi Arabia needs to recruit Saudi citizens or leave the country. Many Sudanese and Eritreans left the country as the result and they learned one simple basic common sense and that is, Your country is your country.
And now, Mohammed bin Salman is allowing people to have a drink if they wants to. The young man is sounding like the founding father of Turkey and my idol Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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Saudi Arabia has opened its first liquor store in over 70 years, several news outlets reported on Wednesday, citing diplomats. The store is reportedly located in the Diplomatic Quarter in the capital of Riyadh.
The shop will exclusively serve non-Muslim diplomats, who will be required to register to buy alcohol in advance via a mobile app and get a clearance code from the Foreign Ministry, according to a document cited by Reuters. Monthly limits for liquor purchases will also be in place. It is unclear if non-Muslim expatriates outside of diplomatic circles will have access to the store.
Local residents, however, will not be served, and the alcohol ban that has been in place since 1951 in Saudi Arabia is not being rescinded.
Meanwhile, Riyadh on Wednesday confirmed earlier reports that it is preparing new restrictions on alcohol imports within diplomatic circles. According to the Center of International Communication (CIC), the new laws aim to combat the black-market liquor trade.
“This new process will continue to grant and ensure that all diplomats of non-Muslim embassies have access to these products in specified quotas,” the CIC said in a statement to Reuters. CIC did not mention the new store in its statement,