Saudi minister meets US, UN, IDB officials in Riyadh

Saudi minister meets US, UN, IDB officials in Riyadh
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Updated 05 August 2021
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Saudi minister meets US, UN, IDB officials in Riyadh

Saudi minister meets US, UN, IDB officials in Riyadh

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir held three meetings with foreign and domestic officials on Wednesday in Riyadh. 

Al-Jubeir met with Martina Strong, chargé d’affaires of the US Embassy in Riyadh, to review Saudi-US bilateral relations along with regional and international developments of common concern.

The Saudi minister also met with Mohammed bin Sulaiman Al-Jasser, who is the new chairman of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), as they reviewed the support provided by the Kingdom to IDB since its founding.

In another meeting, Al-Jubeir received Jehangir Khan, director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre. In the meeting, they reviewed the fields of cooperation between the Kingdom and the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre, along with the country’s efforts to fight terrorism.

Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the UN, Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, and the foreign ministry’s undersecretary for multilateral international affairs, Abdul Rahman bin Ibrahim Al-Rassi, also attended the meeting with Al-Jubeir and Khan.