DM Monitoring
RIYADH: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar held a telephone conversation with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Dr Badr Abdelatty as the two leaders exchanged views on recent regional developments and strongly condemned the Houthi attacks against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In a statement, the Foreign Office said that both leaders reaffirmed their full solidarity with the Kingdom and support for its sovereignty, territorial integrity and security.
They also discussed cooperation under the R-4 (Pakistan, Egypt, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia) framework and looked forward to the next meeting of the R-4 soon to further strengthen mutual ties and to coordinate on regional issues.
Earlier, A Houthi projectile injured at least six people in southern Saudi Arabia on Sunday after it struck a residential area in Najran near the border with Yemen, according to the kingdom’s civil defence agency.
“On Sunday, civil defence in the city of Najran responded to the fall of an enemy projectile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia at a residential site, resulting in six citizens being injured and material damage to three homes and three vehicles,” the civil defence said on X.
For weeks, the Iran-backed Houthis have targeted airports and energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia on a near-daily basis as fighting between the kingdom and the Iran-backed group has sharply escalated.
