U.S. House of Representatives majority leader Kevin McCarthy met in Riyadh with Crown Prince Salman and Deputy Crown Prince Muqrin, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The visit comes on the heels of Prince Mohammed bin Naif’s meetings in Washington last week. The Minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia met with several officials in the United States, including with President Barack Obama, and FBI Director James B. Comey.
Muhammed bin Nayef and Hillary Clinton in 2013.
The Minister and his delegation also met on several occasions with Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States Adel Al Jubeir, and the Minister attended a dinner in his honor at the Embassy.
“The ongoing battle against Islamic State militants figured high during the talks between US President Barack Obama and Interior Minister Prince Muhammad bin Naif in the Oval Office on Friday,” Arab News wrote in a review of the meeting.
The meeting was closed to the press, but in a statement, the White House said that Obama and the Minister “met to consult on regional issues, including coalition efforts to counter ISIL, our approach to strategic messaging to counter extremism, and cooperation on Yemen,” adding that Vice President Biden also attended the high-level meeting in the Oval Office.
