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Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khaled bin Salman’s White House meetings with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Middle East Special Envoy Steve Witkoff last week addressed several key issues.
The discussions included strategic bilateral relations, the trajectory of the Saudi-American partnership and mechanisms for its enhancement, alongside examining efforts to establish peace regionally and globally.
The senior Saudi delegation arrived at a critical juncture, with American warships deployed across the Arabian Gulf and escalating possibilities of coordinated US-Israeli military strikes against Iran.
Through this visit, Riyadh aimed to cement its alliance with the US within crisis-management parameters, while establishing firm boundaries against any escalatory trajectory that could ignite a “Gulf theater” with unmanageable consequences that potentially jeopardize vital energy interests and supply chains.
