During the interview hosted by the Saudi-Arabian based Arab News, the Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawāḍrūs II described the Crown Prince Muḥammad ibn Salmān as “a great man for a great nation”. Such a view as expressed by an enlightened and progressive Eastern Christian cleric might not have been clearly expressed by anyone who previously served the Holy See of St. Marc.

Pope Tawāḍrūs II believes that the Saudi-Arabian crown prince is an open-minded person who sees life with a positive vision and that his travels around the world in the past two years are beneficial to the entire nation, as much as it is beneficial to the monarchy.