Current Affairs - International - Discussion

Belgium is to become the first country to send a resident female ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Dominique Mineur, the country's current ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, will take the position. Dominique Mineur will move to Riyadh to head up the embassy from next year. Newly-appointed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has promised to modernise the kingdom and has abolished the law that prohibits women from driving.