Riyadh, Nov 7, 2022, SPA -- Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Defense has made a phone call to the Iraqi Minister of Defense, Thabet Muhammad Al-Absi. Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz congratulated the Iraqi Minister of Defense on the occasion of his appointment as Minister of Defense of the Republic of Iraq. During the phone call, they reviewed the bilateral relations between the two countries and discussed the development of cooperation and coordination in the defense field and ways of enhancing them to serve the interests of the two countries and the two brotherly peoples, in addition to discussing a number of issues of common interest. --SPA 05:49 LOCAL TIME 02:49 GMT 0001 www.spa.gov.sa/w1809838