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full screen US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Photo: Amer Hilabi/AP/TT
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a visit to Jidda.
According to a statement from the US State Department, the two should have discussed, among other things, the security situation in the Middle East as well as initiatives for peace in Yemen.
Blinken’s three-day visit comes after a period of strained relations between the countries after Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2018. A killing that US intelligence believes was approved by the Saudi Crown Prince.
Blink continues on Wednesday to Riyadh for further meetings.