Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah received on Sunday a phone call from his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi.
The ministers discussed the recent escalation in the region and efforts to address it.
Prince Faisal also received a phone call from British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Ed Miliband to discuss bilateral relations, regional developments, and joint efforts by the two countries to address tensions and mitigate their security and economic repercussions.
The call also addressed Houthi militia attacks on King Khalid International Airport.
Miliband underscored the UK’s condemnation of Houthi acts of violence targeting Yemen and civilian facilities in Saudi Arabia, expressing the UK’s solidarity with both Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni government in confronting these attacks.
Prince Faisal also received a telephone call from his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani for talks on regional developments and joint efforts to support regional security and stability.
Shaibani expressed Damascus’ condemnation of the Houthi attack on Riyadh, saying the Kingdom’s security is indivisible to Syria’s and the entire region.