Blinken to visit Saudi Arabia to discuss ‘strategic cooperation’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Saudi Arabia on June 6, his first trip to the kingdom since Tehran and Riyadh agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by Beijing. Blinken will “discuss US-Saudi strategic cooperation on regional and global issues and a range of bilateral issues including economic and security cooperation”, the State Department said in a statement.

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