{"id":72839,"date":"2021-02-07T04:42:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T04:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=72839"},"modified":"2021-02-13T14:46:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T14:46:23","slug":"u-s-secretary-of-state-blinken-saudi-foreign-minister-discuss-yemen-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/72839-u-s-secretary-of-state-blinken-saudi-foreign-minister-discuss-yemen-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Secretary of State Blinken, Saudi foreign minister discuss Yemen, human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/photo5260367024226415164-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/photo5260367024226415164-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/photo5260367024226415164-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/photo5260367024226415164-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/photo5260367024226415164-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/photo5260367024226415164-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Arabia\u2019s foreign minister on Friday discussed issues ranging from regional security to human rights and the war in Yemen, the State Department said on Saturday.<br>\u201cThe secretary outlined several key priorities of the new administration, including elevating human rights issues and ending the war in Yemen,\u201d State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.<br>The new administration of President Joe Biden has said it would cut off U.S. support for a Saudi-backed campaign in Yemen and step up diplomacy to end the war through the appointment of a Yemen envoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington said it expects Riyadh to improve its human rights record.<br>The U.S. and Saudi officials also talked about counterterrorism and cooperation to deter attacks against Saudi Arabia, Price said.<br>The discussion, which took place by phone, was the first to occur between the two men, the Saudi state news agency SPA said earlier on Saturday.<br>The foreign minister congratulated Blinken on his appointment last week and said the kingdom hopes to work with the United States to face common challenges and maintain regional stability, SPA said.<br>Blinken\u2019s first call to a Gulf state since assuming his new role was to the United Arab Emirates\u2019 minister of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Arabia\u2019s foreign minister on Friday discussed issues ranging from regional security to human rights and the war in Yemen, the State Department said on Saturday.\u201cThe secretary outlined several key priorities of the new administration, including elevating human rights issues and ending the war in Yemen,\u201d State Department &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":72838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,31,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-america","category-news","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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