🔻Axios: Saudi defense minister told JD Vance that Riyadh is seeking to reduce tensions with Iran

🔻The American publication Axios reported on a meeting on Wednesday between Saudi Arabia’s defense minister and Donald Trump’s deputy, and wrote that Prince Khalid bin Salman, in the meeting held at the White House with JD Vance, said that “despite the joint U.S. and Saudi attack against Iran-backed militias in Iraq, Riyadh continues to support reducing tensions with Iran.

Axios says a source informed about the contents of the meeting said that “the purpose of this meeting was to deliver a message from Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, about the war with Iran and the situation in the region.”