US Secretary of State Rubio, Bahraini counterpart discuss Abraham Accords and 'Houthi threats'

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with his Bahraini counterpart, Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, in Washington on Wednesday for a discussion that centred on building on the Abraham Accords, as well as countering "Houthi threats".

A State Department readout of the meeting highlighted the "close security cooperation, our shared commitment to safeguarding maritime security and freedom of navigation against Houthi threats, and a shared commitment to peace", and said the two leaders agreed that the Abraham Accords are "platforms for joint deterrence, diplomacy, security, and regional integration". 

The Accords were signed in 2020 under the first Trump administration, and normalised relations between Bahrain and Israel.