US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and discussed a wide range of bilateral issues, in an ‘open, candid’ conversation, a US official said
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jeddah in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia June 7, 2023. Amer Hilabi/Pool via REUTERS
Blinken and the crown prince, the de-facto ruler of the kingdom who is also known as MbS, met for an hour and forty minutes, a U.S. official said, covering many topics including Israel, the conflict in Yemen, unrest in Sudan as well as human rights. "They discussed the potential for normalization of relations with Israel and agreed to continued dialogue on the issue," the U.S. official said, without providing further details.
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