New York, Muharram 2, 1438 H., September 22, 2017, SPA -- Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and leader of his country's delegation to the 72nd meetings of the United Nations general assembly in New York, took part today in a ministerial meeting of the international alliance against the terrorist organization of Daesh. Following the meeting, which took place on the fringes of the general assembly's meetings, Al-Jubeir and his Burundian counterpart Alan Nyamitwe signed a general agreement on cooperation between the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the government to the Republic of Burundi. The signing ceremony took place at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. On the other hand, Al-Jubeir attended a working luncheon party on Yemen held at the headquarters of the United Kingdom's mission to the United Nations. He was accompanied by the Saudi ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al Jaber. Then, Al-Jubeir met with the foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo Leonard Okitudnu and foreign minister of the Republic of Gambia Hussein Dabo. The Saudi foreign minister also held bilateral meeting with his Vietnam counterpart Pham Binh Minh. During the meetings, which were held on the sidelines of the UN general assembly, bilateral relations and regional and international issues in addition to the agenda of the UN general assembly were discussed. The bilateral meetings and agreement signing ceremony were attended by ambassador Khalid bin Musaed Al-Anqari, Director General of the office of the foreign minister. --SPA 04:30 LOCAL TIME 01:30 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w495388