New king of Saudi Arabia appoints his son as Defense Minister

Sadraddin Ismayilov
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Baku. 23 January. REPORT.AZ/ A new king of Saudi Arabia Salman ibn-Abdul Aziz al-Saud appointed his son Muhammad bin-Salman as a Minister of Defense.

Report informs referring to ITAR-TASS, prince amir Muhammad ibn-Naif became Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs.

The heads of the main ministries will not be changed.

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