Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Spain , Prince Mansour Bin Khalid Al Farhan Al-Saud , attributed that Friday at the Forum Europe to "ignorance" the criticism of the celebration of the Spanish Super Cup soccer in the Saudi city of Jeddah , an event that will take place between January 8 and 12, and that will face Barcelona, ​​Atlético de Madrid, Valencia and Real Madrid. "Journalists would have to inform and document themselves. Women are there, everywhere in society and the Saudi kingdom. They have no limitations."

This is how the Saudi ambassador spoke at an informative breakfast organized by New Economy Forum in Madrid, in which he considered that the Super Cup will be a "magnificent occasion" to make known to the world the benefits that, in his opinion, his country has used to It is football as an agglutinating element.

The head of the Saudi Arabian diplomatic mission in Spain spoke about the criticisms that, from different areas, has raised the choice of his country to host the Super Cup. He did so to show his surprise at the "negative reaction" that this decision has generated and pointed directly to the media, whom he accused of being "ignorant" and of ignoring the magnitude of the social, political and economic changes he has experienced. Saudi Arabia in the last four years.

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The ambassador also referred to RTVE's decision not to issue the Supercup alleging humanitarian reasons motivated by the allegations of violation of human rights and the situation of women, a boycott that Atresmedia and Mediaset have also joined.

In that sense, he criticized that the public entity has taken this decision, while he has chosen to issue the Dakar Rally that will be held in Saudi Arabia in 2020. This allowed him to reflect on the "deep" level of "ignorance" and "ignorance" that reside in Western societies about his country, arguing that criticism of the situation of women is the result of "false" prejudices , as evidenced by the In fact, he said, they will be able to enter stadiums without restrictions during the Super Cup.

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