Football fans cheer below a banner bearing the portraits of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas (left), late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (second left), Saudi Arabia's King Salman (2nd right) and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) ahead of the World Cup 2022 Asian qualifying match between Palestine and Saudi Arabia in the town of al-Ram in the Israeli occupied West Bank on October 15, 2019. (PHOTO / AFP)

RAMALLAH - Saudi Arabia on Saturday named Naif bin Bandar Al-Sudairi the kingdom's first ambassador to Palestine, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

During their meeting at the Embassy of Palestine in Jordan, Majdi al-Khalidi, Palestinian presidential adviser for diplomatic affairs, received a copy of the credentials of Al-Sudairi as a non-resident ambassador to Palestine, it reported.

The report added that Al-Sudairi will also serve as consul general in Jerusalem.

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Al-Khalidi said the move "is an important step that will contribute to further strengthening the strong brotherly relations that bind the two countries and the two brotherly peoples."

The appointment comes amid media reports that the Biden administration is seeking a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia.