RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for pressure on Hamas during a meeting Sunday with the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia, which has warming ties with Israel but has put normalization on hold.
The top US diplomat met for nearly an hour in the early morning with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the royal's farm residence in the Riyadh area, a US official said.'Very productive,' Blinken said when asked about the meeting after returning to his hotel.
AFP PHOTOThe kingdom is the guardian of Islam's two holiest sites, making recognition a historic coup for Israel, which in 2020 normalized relations with three other Arab states including the United Arab Emirates.Next stop: Egypt As part of a package, Saudi Arabia — which like Israel has tense relations with Iran's Shiite clerical state — has been seeking security guarantees from the United States, its longtime partner and consumer of its oil.
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