"Overall, the #AbrahamAccords have worked positively to spur engagement in the rgeion" #SaudiArabia Foreign Minister @FaisalbinFarhan tells #AspenSecurity
"We've always said peace is the strategic choice of the Arabs..." per #SaudiArabia's @FaisalbinFarhan "What we have to do is focus on working towards a comprehensive solution to the #Palestinian issue"
"We already have an emboldened #Iran" per #SaudiArabia FM @FaisalbinFarhan when asked about US-#Tehran talks on getting back to the #JCPOA "Iran is extremely active in the region w/its negative activity"
"The #JCPOA, we supported it when it was first signed, begrudgingly, bcs we thought it was incomplete" per @FaisalbinFarhan

'We now hear from the Biden administration & from others that they are committed to a longer&stronger approach to JCPOA...We are interested to hear that"
"The emphasis on longer & stronger is critical" adds #KSA FM @FaisalbinFarhan
"I still remember vidly watching the scenes from #NewYork on television...The shock & almost despair I felt" per #Saudi FM @FaisalbinFarhan, asked to reflect on the upcoming 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks

"It's something we shared the world around"
9/11 "showed us very clearly that we have a global problem" per #Saudi FM @FaisalbinFarhan,

"We have stepped up even more & we have become one of the key players...we need to continue to work together"

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Happening now: Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on #China

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"I have a sense of urgency...we have to be in a position to make sure that the status quo remains as it applies to #Taiwan"
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Happening now: briefing with @PentagonPresSec &
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"The Talibs [#Taliban] have been emboldened by the development of recent weeks in terms of the gains they have made & are in a maximalist frame of mind"
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"There is no alternative, ultimately, to a political settlement"
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