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Vienna / Istanbul (APA) – Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl (FPÖ) closed the controversial "King Abdullah Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue" in Vienna (KAICIID). "Austria can not go down and shut down an international organization," Kneissl told ZiB2 Tuesday.
Austria is only one of the many members of the center. There is an official residence agreement with the other contractors. However, in a conversation with the General Manager of the King Abdullah Center, she highlighted the "rather dark yellow card" and pleaded for transparency and implementation of the reforms requested by the State Department since 2015. " (…) (Z) To this end, I plan (…) to send a person of confidence and ensure that this is also implemented, "said the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Regarding the Khashoggi case, she also convened on Tuesday the Saudi ambbadador to the Foreign Ministry. She informed him of his concern and asked for an independent inquiry. However, they also discussed other problematic cases, such as the arrests of activists in June. She had "no convincing answer for me". However, in the "very detailed conversation", she certainly had the impression that Saudi Arabia was "aware of outrage" triggered by the Khashoggi case.
KAICIID was founded in late 2012 by Austria, Spain, Saudi Arabia and with the support of the Vatican. It is largely funded by Riyadh. Critics of this institution, which enjoys international organization status, see the Saudi royal family as an attempt to reinforce its image, which has been damaged internationally by human rights abuses. ;man. KAICIID is run by a board of directors composed of representatives of the world's major religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism) and diverse cultures.
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