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The talks of the White House of Prince Khalid Bin Salman were concentrated on peace in the Middle East

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The Saudi Defense Minister, Prince Khalid Bin Salman, secretly met President Donald Trump and other key white houses on Thursday to discuss de -escalation efforts with Iran, several sources confirmed with Fox News.

Khalid, also known as KBS, is the younger brother of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

Several sources have told the chief political anchor of Fox News Channel, Bret Baier, about Reunion.

According to sources, talks have included discussions on de -escalation with Iran and obtaining the negotiation table.

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Defense Minister Khalid Bin Salman

The new Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia, Khalid Bin Salman, swears after the change in the cabinet with the royal decree of Saudi Arabia in Djeddah, in Saudi Arabia, on September 27, 2022. (Royal Court of Saudi Arabia / Handout / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The talks would also have been to end the war in Gaza and to negotiate the release of the remaining hostages – whether dead or alive – and to work towards peace in the Middle East.

Although the talks were not exclusively on the possibility of standardization with Israel, sources said that the conversation took care of the steps that should occur to get there.

Sources also said: “There was progress and optimisms on all fronts.”

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The White House and North Lawn is seen on June 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Images Kevin Carter / Getty)

The Saudis are finalizing a defense and commerce agreement with the United States, and the message shared between the two allies, added sources, is that they see each other on all questions.

The meeting occurs a few days after Trump said that other nations suggested that they would like to join the Abraham agreements in the midst of recent Middle East resumes who saw Israel and the United States inhibiting Iran’s nuclear ambitions during what was nicknamed the “12-day war”.

Abraham’s agreements, which sought to normalize relations between IsraelThe Sunni Gulf States and North African countries were signed at the White House during the first Trump administration in September 2020.

US SEND Special in the Middle East Steve Witkoff said June 25 The fact that the expansion of agreements is one of the president’s “key objectives” and predicted that the administration will soon have “great announcements” on the countries entering the agreements.

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Trump and the Special Witkoff envoy meet in the oval office.

Washington, DC – May 28: Special American select in the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, remarks alongside President Donald Trump during the acting ceremony for Washington, DC Jeanine Pirro, in the Oval Blank Office on May 28, 2025. (Images Andrew Harnik / Getty)

Last week, press secretary of the White House Karoline Leavitt Named Syria as one of the nations that the president wanted to join, noting their historic meeting in Saudi Arabia earlier in the year.

One of the biggest Hebrew language outlets, Israel Hayom, On Tuesday, Tzachi Hanegbi’s Israeli Councilor of National Security Tuesday believes that these countries are Syria and Lebanon as the best states in the Middle East that could join the Abraham agreements.

In May, Trump asked Syrian President Al-Sharaa To fully normalize relations with Israel in exchange for relief of sanctions.

“The obstacles to the entry to extend the Abraham agreements are incredibly low. This will not surprise me if President Trump extends the agreements in his second mandate,” said Robert Greenway, former principal director of the Security Council And the key architect of the Abraham agreements, told Maria Bartiromo, on “Mornings with Maria” On Fox Business.

After the completion of the Abraham agreements, which standardized diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan in 2020, there was an increasing expectation among American officials and experts from the Middle East that Saudi Arabia would follow the step.

In February, Fox News Digital reported That Trump administration officials said the White House was looking for an expansion of the Abraham agreements.

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The Biden administration was criticized for not having expanded the Abraham agreements and for Choose fights with states who made peace with Israel as part of the historical agreement.

Benjamin Weinthal of Fox News Digital, Morgan Phillips and Taylor Penley contributed to this report.

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