Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz met with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in the US capital Washington. During the meeting, according to the Saudi news agency SPA, “they reviewed the strategic and historical relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States of America and ways to strengthen it.”

And she noted that “the efforts made on the Yemeni issue and its development were discussed as bin Salman reaffirmed the support of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council and its supporting structures, as well as Saudi Arabia’s desire for the Yemenis to reach a comprehensive political solution that move Yemen towards peace and development.”

And SPA pointed out that “Bin Salman stressed that despite the largely positive truce, the United Nations and the international community have an important role to play to pressure the Houthi militias to open roads to Taiz and deposit the revenues of the port of Hodeidah, and seriously engage in peace efforts so that Yemen can move towards security, stability, construction and prosperity.

She explained that “the two sides reaffirmed the common vision of the two countries to counter Iran’s destabilizing policies in the region, which include security and diplomatic coordination between the two friendly countries to counter Iranian threats, including dealing with Iran’s nuclear dossier and its development agenda. ballistic missiles for terrorism”.