US Secretary of State John Kerry met here today Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday.
In a press statement following the meeting, US Secretary Kerry said that the two sides discussed a number of issues, topped by the negative impact of passing the JASTA law on the concept of sovereign immunity and the United States's interests. Regarding Syria crises, Kerry expressed his hope to remove the suffering of Aleppo through the outputs of the talks hosted by the city of Geneva.
Yemen, US Secretary stressed the importance of Huthi's commitment to a cease-fire.For his part, the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs stressed the importance of the principle of State sovereignty and immunity, indicating that it is a fundamental principle of international law, which was established after the Treaty of Westphalia in 1600. He added that the weakening the sovereign immunity would spread chaos in the international system.
Al-Jubair said that the United States is one of the losing countries due to this law as its operations stretches all the way from Japan to South America and the Pacific, and this prompted many countries to reject JASTA law and looking for similar measures.
He explained that the two sides discussed the situation in Mosul, Libya and Yemen. With regard to Yemen, Al-Jubair revealed that there are 150 violations of the truce carried out by militia Huthi and Saleh in Taiz alone, condemning the escalation of violence, and stressing the right of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia to defend itself and to protect its territory. QNA
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