Rubio meets Saudi defense minister, calls for joint stance on Yemen
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The meeting between the US and Saudi officials focussed on security in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, and the Red Sea.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio right, meets with Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman at the State Department, Washington, the United States, on February 25, 2025. (AP)
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman at the States Department, in Washington, on Tuesday.
State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said that Rubio met Khalid bin Salman and the two "underscored the importance of strengthening the US- Saudi security partnership."
Moreover, Rubio and bin Salman discussed security in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, and across the region, including the Red Sea.
Rubio took special note of the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement, which leads the government in Sanaa, saying that the US and Saudi Arabia "need to stand together against" its "threats to regional security."
The Saudi minister also met his US counterpart Pete Hegseth and White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, on Monday.
It is worth noting that Yemen resisted a nearly decade-long destructive Saudi-led and US-backed aggression. Moreover, the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) played a critical role in actively supporting both the Palestinian people and Lebanon, as they faced unprecedented Israeli aggression.
On the other hand, the US played a major role in defending the interests of the Israeli regime, launching countless strikes on Yemen and deploying multiple carrier strike groups to the region.
However, the American naval campaign failed in securing the Red Sea or the airspace south of Palestine, as the YAF denied access to Israeli-linked ships while bombing Tel Aviv in long-range ballistic strikes.
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