The warm—and for some, scorching—winds of the East once again bring nations a renewed awakening in the political history of the world. Yet various media outlets and cowardly hypocrites, masked in false piety and cloaked in cynicism, always attempt to strike lions from behind. As always, such attempts bring nothing but their own downfall. His Royal Highness Mohammed bin Salman Abdulaziz Al-Saud, through his nature and unique political trajectory, demonstrates a firmness of will and conduct that drives those who carry out malicious orders—certain representatives of the unruly masses—into confusion and panic.

On November 19 of this year, the White House hosted a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, His Royal Highness Mohammed bin Salman. Major analytical and impartial news agencies widely described it as the “meeting of the century.” Yet some timid opportunists attempted to fish for advantage in muddy waters—but in vain. As the saying goes, the devil’s last hope lies in the morally weak and cowardly jackals who, at the mere sight of a lion’s gaze, turn to stone. And that gaze indeed appeared at the White House, when Mohammed bin Salman—with a deep, silent, yet swift and contemplative look—reminded the world, and certain cowards, of their true place. A gaze so telling that moments later the international press wrote about it, many global publications calling it “a posture worthy of a commander.”

President Donald Trump, with his characteristic charisma, said and did precisely what he has always been capable of—showing who sets the tone, who holds the political resolve, and who, in this case, paints a canvas of a thousand shades. A brilliant, symbolic chess movement performed by two skilled, experienced, and steadfast individuals with stoic determination.

As a lawyer, writer, and publicist, I expressed my admiration for Mohammed bin Salman long ago. When unprecedented reforms began in Saudi Arabia—when he lifted the country from beneath long-decayed ruins and revived its economy, bringing it in line with many developed nations—I confidently stated in 2020 that the Crown Prince was leading the country toward a Singapore-style economic miracle.

And today, on November 19, the new gates of Saudi “Sesame” have opened. Saudi Arabia has become one of the first countries with the status of a Major Non-NATO Ally of the United States to commit a $1 trillion investment into the development of American infrastructure, industry, and technology. A joint declaration on the development of civilian nuclear energy was also signed—groundbreaking both in vision and scale.

As a nation that shapes and coordinates global oil prices, Saudi Arabia—together with the United States—is showing the world who truly resolves the most serious international issues and how swiftly and rationally those decisions can be made. Mohammed bin Salman is inscribing his name in world political history with diamond letters. He has already become one of the giants of an innovative, progressive, and independent new reality, possessing a political signature uniquely his own. As he himself has said, he intends to transform Saudi Arabia into “the Europe of the East,” whose benefits will be shared by all nations and peoples.

To fail to recognize or morally bow before such an exceptional individual with such extraordinary political will is nothing but pessimism and ignorance.

The rising sun of the House of Al-Saud, Mohammed bin Salman, is opening an entirely new political-philosophical chapter—one which I call Salmanism, a newly emerging political peak without precedent. The one trillion dollars—which I am certain will continue to grow—will become one of the supreme levers driving the heartbeat of the global economy, from which much of the world will benefit.

The Saudi “Sesame”—a name I have personally coined—will also become one of Armenia’s guiding beacons. And I, as the founder and president of the Armenian-Saudi Friendship Platform, state with conviction: I believe in this Saudi, Salmanian miracle.

And you, dear compatriots?

 

 

With regards

 

Founding President of the Armenian–Saudi Arabian Friendship Joint Platform - Haykaz Makaryan