{"id":8580,"date":"2026-07-30T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=8580"},"modified":"2026-07-30T12:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:17:00","slug":"saudi-defense-minister-holds-urgent-meeting-with-u-s-president-delivers-crown-princes-message-u-s-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=8580","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Defense Minister Holds Urgent Meeting with U.S. President, Delivers Crown Prince&#8217;s Message: U.S. Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WASHINGTON:<\/strong> Saudi Defense Minister <strong>Prince Khalid bin Salman<\/strong> held an urgent meeting with <strong>U.S. President Donald Trump<\/strong>, during which he reportedly delivered a special message from <strong>Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman<\/strong>, according to U.S. media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reports said the purpose of the meeting was to convey the Saudi leadership&#8217;s message directly to the U.S. administration amid ongoing regional tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, Prince Khalid also met with <strong>U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance<\/strong>, where he emphasized that Saudi Arabia seeks to reduce tensions with Iran and supports efforts aimed at regional stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to U.S. media, the Saudi defense minister said that <strong>Iran-backed Iraqi militias<\/strong> had crossed a &#8220;red line&#8221; by allegedly targeting infrastructure and energy facilities, prompting Saudi Arabia to respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Prince Khalid reportedly stressed that Saudi actions in Iraq were <strong>not intended to escalate tensions<\/strong>, but rather to demonstrate that the Kingdom was prepared to defend its interests and security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reports further quoted the Saudi minister as telling Vice President Vance that <strong>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong> was advocating for increased pressure and escalation with Iran, while Saudi Arabia believed that reducing tensions remained the more beneficial course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citing unnamed sources, U.S. media also reported that Saudi Arabia&#8217;s military actions in Iraq were intended to send a message to the <strong>Houthi movement<\/strong>. Prince Khalid reportedly told U.S. officials that Saudi Arabia possessed the capability to deal with the Houthis independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the reports, the Saudi defense minister said <strong>U.S. military intervention was not currently required<\/strong> regarding the Houthi issue, adding that <strong>talks with the Houthis were continuing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neither the White House nor Saudi authorities had issued a detailed official statement on the reported discussions at the time of publication. Several of the reported remarks were based on <strong>U.S. media reports citing unnamed sources<\/strong> and had not been independently verified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman held an urgent meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, during which he reportedly delivered a special message..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/439003_2610937_updates-2-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/439003_2610937_updates-2-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/439003_2610937_updates-2-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/439003_2610937_updates-2-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/439003_2610937_updates-2-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/439003_2610937_updates-2-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/439003_2610937_updates-2-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=7\" rel=\"category\">World<\/a>","tag_info":"World","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8582,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8580\/revisions\/8582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}