Bin Salman receives telephone call from US Secretary of Defense

SANAA, Sept. 26 (YPA) – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense in which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send new US troops to the kingdom.

Mark Esper told Mohammed bin Salman that Washington would do everything necessary to help the kingdom defend itself.

Esber discussed with the Saudi crown prince the ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a defensive nature to the kingdom, Saudi state agency (SPA) reported, stressing that “Iran’s aggressive policy that destabilizes the region must be curbed.”

He renewed his thanks to the Kingdom for what he called “its accession to the International Alliance for the Safety and Protection of Maritime Navigation and its role in contributing to the preservation of the security of navigation and global trade.”

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