LUXEMBOURG: Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with Italy’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister Antonio Tajani on Monday on the sidelines of the EU-GCC High-Level Forum on Regional Security and Cooperation in Luxembourg.
The two ministers discussed aspects of developing joint cooperation in various fields, as well as ways to intensify bilateral and multilateral coordination on issues of interest, a Saudi foreign ministry statement said.
They also discussed developments in the Middle East region, particularly the crisis in the Gaza Strip.
Prince Faisal met with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg to review relations between Saudi Arabia and Austria and ways to enhance them to serve the interests of the two countries.
They also exchanged views on several regional and international issues and the efforts being made in this regard.
He also held separate meetings with the foreign ministers of the Netherlands, Hanke Bruins Slot, Lars Lokke Rasmussen of Denmark, and Radoslaw Sikorski from Poland.
The meetings were also attended by Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, Khalid bin Ibrahim Al-Jindan, the head of Saudi Arabia’s mission to the EU, Ambassador Haifa Al-Jedea, and MOFA advisor Manal Radwan.