Saudi crown prince receives telephone call from US Secretary of State

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
Updated 17 August 2017
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Saudi crown prince receives telephone call from US Secretary of State

JEDDAH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday received a telephone call from the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
During the telephone conversation, they reviewed the latest developments in the region, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said.
Tillerson has been trying to help seek a resolution to the dispute between Qatar and its neighbors, who have launched a boycott and closed transport routes over Doha’s alleged support for terrorists.
The boycotting countries — Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates — are collectively called the Anti-Terror Quartet.


Crown prince speaks with regional leaders about Iranian aggression

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Crown prince speaks with regional leaders about Iranian aggression

  • Calls came as several Gulf Arab states were targeted by Iranian ​missiles

RIYADH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke to several regional leaders on the phone on Saturday, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The calls came as several Gulf Arab states were targeted by Iranian ​missiles after Tehran pledged to retaliate against strikes by the US and Israel that hit several cities in Iran in the early hours of Saturday.

The crown prince spoke with UAE president Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and King Abdullah II of Jordan.

The crown prince affirmed the Kingdom’s full solidarity with, and support for, their nations and stressed “Saudi Arabia’s readiness to mobilize all its resources to assist them in responding to the brutal Iranian attacks they suffered, which undermine the region’s security and stability,” the SPA added.