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Arab News
19-02-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Saudi deputy FM meets US official in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Saud Al-Sati received Timothy Lenderking, senior bureau official at US State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, and his accompanying delegation, in Riyadh on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister for Consular Affairs Ali Al-Yousef received Dutch Ambassador to the Kingdom Hans Peter van der Woude in Riyadh on Wednesday. During the meetings, all sides discussed various topics of common interest, the Foreign Ministry wrote on X.
Egypt Independent
05-02-2025
- Politics
- Egypt Independent
FM: Arab consensus on supporting Palestine and establishment of the state
The ambassadors of Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE in the US agreed on holding a series of meetings with senior officials at the US administration. This came as part of following up on the meeting, which was held in Cairo on February 1 between the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Jordan, and Egypt, as well as Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Secretary General of the Arab League. A joint statement was issued in which the attendees emphasized the importance of the establishment of a Palestinian state on its entire national territory, with the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, unified in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions and the June 4, 1967 lines. As part of these efforts, the ambassadors of Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the deputies ambassadors of the UAE, and Qatar met Monday with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arabian Gulf Affairs in the Near East Bureau at the US Department of State Timothy Lenderking. During the meeting, the ambassadors handed over a verbal message – on behalf of the foreign ministers of their countries and the Palestinian authority – to US Secretary General Marco Rubio. In the message, they affirmed the importance of the strategic ties binding the Arab countries and the US. They also emphasized the importance of strategic ties binding the Arab countries and the US. The ambassadors, meanwhile, underlined keenness on intensifying coordination with the US to entrench peace and stability in the region.
