ISTANBUL

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed cooperation between the two countries on regional and international issues.

Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman met today with Blinken at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah and reviewed “the bilateral relations and aspects of cooperation in various fields and ways to enhance them,” the Saudi Press Agency, SPA, reported on Wednesday.

They also discussed “the latest regional and international developments.”

Blinken, who arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday evening for a 3-day visit, is scheduled on Wednesday to attend a ministerial meeting with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries “to discuss growing cooperation with our GCC partners to promote security, stability, de-escalation, regional integration, and economic opportunities across the Middle East.”

Blinken and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan will co-host another ministerial meeting on Thursday in the Saudi capital Riyadh on the international coalition to defeat the Daesh/ISIS terrorist organization.

*Writing by Ikram Kouachi​​​​​​​