¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ's Khalid bin Salman meets US Secretary of Defense in Washington

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ's Vice Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman waits for a meeting with US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and others at the Pentagon August 29, 2019, in Washington, DC. (AFP)

WASHINGTON: ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ's Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman met with US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper in Washington on Thursday. 

The meeting follows discussions between Prince Khalid and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday that included the situation in Yemen.

Pompeo thanked Prince Khalid for ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ’s efforts to mediate a dispute between southern separatists and the Yemeni government which has flared up in Aden and other parts of southern Yemen.