{"id":33279,"date":"2021-08-19T11:37:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T08:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/?p=33279"},"modified":"2021-08-19T11:37:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T08:37:10","slug":"the-saudi-foreign-minister-and-us-secretary-of-state-have-been-discussing-the-ongoing-situation-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/the-saudi-foreign-minister-and-us-secretary-of-state-have-been-discussing-the-ongoing-situation-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Saudi Foreign Minister And US Secretary Of State Have Been Discussing The Ongoing Situation In Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi and US officials have held discussions on the ongoing worrying situation in Afghanistan as the Taliban settled in as rulers of the Central Asian country.<\/p>\n<h2>Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan was in a call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to review the latest developments from Afghanistan<\/h2>\n<p>The call took place on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Spoke today with Saudi Foreign Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaisalbinFarhan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FaisalbinFarhan<\/a> about ways the international community can support the Afghan people as well as other shared regional priorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken\/status\/1428118657167671299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The pair also discussed the strategic relationship between the Kingdom and the US.<\/p>\n<p>Kabul was seized by the Taliban on Sunday as the national army surrender to the militants and the president, Ashraf Ghani, fled for safety.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia has managed to <a href=\"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/saudi-arabia-has-evacuated-its-embassy-staff-from-kabul\/\">evacuate all its staff<\/a> from Kabul back to safety.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saudi and US officials have held discussions on the ongoing worrying situation in Afghanistan as the Taliban settled in as rulers of the Central Asian country. 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