Blinken to visit Saudi Arabia: US State Department

Update US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia next week, the State Department announced Friday. (Lehtikuva via Reuters)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia next week, the State Department announced Friday. (Lehtikuva via Reuters)
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Updated 03 June 2023
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Blinken to visit Saudi Arabia: US State Department

Blinken to visit Saudi Arabia: US State Department
  • Trip comes as Kingdom and US seek to broker durable cease-fire between Sudan’s warring generals
  • Blinken is set to also participate in a US-GCC ministerial meeting

WASHINGTON D.C.: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia next week, the State Department announced Friday.

Blinken’s trip comes as the Kingdom and US seek to broker a durable cease-fire between Sudan’s warring generals in ongoing talks in Jeddah.

“Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia June 6-8 to meet with Saudi officials to discuss US-Saudi strategic cooperation on regional and global issues and a range of bilateral issues including economic and security cooperation,” State Department Spokesman Matt Miller said.

Blinken is set to also participate in a US-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ministerial meeting to discuss growing cooperation with Gulf partners and how they can promote security, stability, de-escalation, regional integration, and economic opportunities across the Middle East, Miller added.

Blinken and Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan will co-host a ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh “to address the continuing threat of (Daesh) and reaffirm our commitment to ensure its enduring defeat,” Miller said.