In January 2006, King Abdullah was the first ever Saudi head of State to visit China.
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Following King Fahd's stroke in 1995, Abdullah, then Crown Prince, assumed responsibility for foreign policy.
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Recent advancements have been seen in light of Arab Spring and the 2011–13 Saudi Arabian protests, such as King Abdullah granting women's suffrage in the 2015 municipal elections.
In November 2010, the whistle blowing website Wikileaks disclosed various confidential documents pertaining to the US and its allies which revealed that King Abdullah urged the US to attack Iran to destroy its nuclear weapons programme, describing Iran as a snake whose head should be cut off without any procrastination.
The Chairman of the award is Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz (Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs), a son of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.