Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman has discussed with his US counterpart Lloyd Austin the latest regional and international developments.
During a meeting at the US Department of Defense in Washington on Wednesday, the two officials reviewed the strategic partnership in the military and defense sectors and ways to strengthen and enhance it.
They highlighted the leading regional and international roles of Saudi Arabia and the US in achieving global peace and security, and discussed several topics of common interest.
Saudi Ambassador to the US Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan, Chief of General Staff Lt-Gen Fayyad bin Hamed al-Ruwaili, Assistant Minister of Defense for Executive Affairs Khalid al-Bayari, Director General of the Office of Minister of Defense Hisham bin Abdulaziz bin Saif, and the Military Attaché at the Saudi embassy in Washington and Ottawa Brig. Gen. Salman bin Awad Al-Harbi attended the meeting.
It was also attended from the US side by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lt-Gen Charles Brown, Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Lt-Gen Ronald Clark, Special Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy Brian Seagraves, Director of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Kelly Magsamin, and the Military Attaché at the US embassy to the Kingdom Brig. Gen. Richard Quirk.
