{"id":7919,"date":"2026-09-29T18:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T18:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpc.ge\/?p=7919"},"modified":"2026-09-29T18:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T18:32:16","slug":"top-saudi-us-diplomats-discuss-maritime-security-situation-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mpc.ge\/en\/top-saudi-us-diplomats-discuss-maritime-security-situation-in-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Saudi, US diplomats discuss maritime security, situation in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed &#8220;issues of mutual interest&#8221; and maritime security through international waterways Monday, including the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting took place as part of Farhan&#8217;s official visit to Washington, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said on the US social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>The talks &#8220;stressed the importance of safeguarding maritime security and freedom of navigation through international waterways, notably the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab, to promote regional stability and ensure the flow of global trade,&#8221; the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting also addressed bilateral ties and regional issues, including the situation in Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>The parties also called for &#8220;supporting diplomatic efforts to address regional crises and promote security, peace and stability,&#8221; the ministry added.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was also attended by Saudi Ambassador to the US Princess Reema bint Bandar, the Saudi foreign minister\u2019s adviser on Lebanese affairs, Prince Yazid bin Mohammed Al-Farhan, and another adviser to the foreign minister, Prince Musab bin Mohammed Al-Farhan, the ministry added.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the US State Department said in a statement that they continued discussions from the UN General Assembly about bilateral cooperation on regional security and stability, including in Iran, Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan and other regional issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed &#8220;issues of mutual interest&#8221; and maritime security through international waterways Monday, including the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The meeting took place as part of Farhan&#8217;s official visit to Washington, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpc.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpc.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpc.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpc.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpc.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mpc.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7921,"href":"http:\/\/mpc.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7919\/revisions\/7921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpc.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpc.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpc.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpc.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}