Saudi defense minister meets senior US officials in Washington

The Saudi defense minister is on an official visit to the US this week. (SPA)
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Updated 26 February 2025
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Saudi defense minister meets senior US officials in Washington

RIYADH: Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department on Tuesday.
The pair reviewed Saudi-US relations and the shared vision of both nations.
They discussed their nations’ common vision to “overcome shared challenges and promote international peace and security,” the minister wrote on social media platform X. “We also addressed several issues of mutual interest.”
Their meeting was attended by senior Saudi and US officials.




Prince Khalid with Mike Waltz. (SPA)


Earlier, Prince Khalid also met US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.
On Monday, Prince Khalid met his US counterpart Pete Hegseth and discussed the strategic relationship between the Kingdom and the US.


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Saudi Ambassador to Spain Princess Haifa Al-Mogrin met with Shaikha Nasser Al-Nowais, secretary-general of the UN World Tourism Organization, at the organization’s headquarters in Madrid, on a courtesy visit following her assumption of office.

During the meeting, they exchanged views on the sustainable development of tourism and ways to strengthen cooperation in this area, the Saudi Embassy in Spain wrote in a post on X.

Meanwhile, Abdulmajeed Al-Samary, undersecretary of protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, received the credentials of Mohamed Amin Sheikh Osman, the newly appointed ambassador of Somalia to the Kingdom, the Foreign Ministry wrote in a post on X.