Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday as part of his first tour of the Middle East as America’s top diplomat, reportedly emphasizing the importance of rehabilitating Gaza in his talks in Riyadh.
Rubio arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday after a first stop on his tour in Israel to discuss the ongoing war against the genocidal terrorist organization Hamas and the status of the current ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. In addition to the crown prince, Rubio met with his Saudi counterpart, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan for a conversation that the Saudi Foreign Ministry described as centered around how to forge closer bilateral ties “in the interest of both nations.”
In addition to meetings on regional Middle Eastern issues, Rubio held a meeting on Tuesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and a team of Russian…
