{"id":53001,"date":"2022-10-01T13:14:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T20:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=53001"},"modified":"2022-10-03T10:14:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T17:14:28","slug":"secretary-blinkens-call-with-saudi-foreign-minister-prince-faisal-bin-farhan-al-saud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=53001","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Blinken\u2019s Call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>0\/01\/2022 03:23 PM EDT<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud to discuss the imminent expiration of the UN-mediated truce in Yemen\u00a0on October 2.\u00a0 The Secretary welcomed Saudi Arabia\u2019s commitment to extending the truce and its efforts to help secure an expansion of the truce with its life-saving benefits for millions of Yemenis.\u00a0 He noted that the expanded truce\u2019s benefits would include paying teachers, nurses, and other civil servants who have not been paid in years, expanding flights from Sana\u2019a, opening roads in Taiz and elsewhere, and ensuring the continued flow of fuel.\u00a0 The Secretary underscored the importance of the international community\u2019s support for the Presidential Leadership Council, which has committed to deliver the expanded benefits to Yemenis.\u00a0 He expressed our concern with recent Houthi actions.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary Blinken also discussed ways to strengthen our bilateral relationship, building on President Biden\u2019s trip to Jeddah.\u00a0 He reiterated the need for international support for Ukraine as it defends its sovereignty and territorial integrity.\u00a0 The Secretary and the Foreign Minister also discussed\u00a0other important issues vital to the bilateral relationship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0\/01\/2022 03:23 PM EDT &nbsp; Office&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53002,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53001\/revisions\/53002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}