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Two senior US officials visited Saudi Arabia this week for talks on Iran, global energy supplies and regional issues, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday. Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk and the State Department’s senior advisor for energy security Amos Hochstein met senior Saudi officials in Riyadh. “I will confirm that Brett McGurk and Amos Hochstein were in the region to follow up on conversations on a range of issues including Iran’s destabilizing activities, ensuring stable global energy supplies and other regional issues,” Jean-Pierre said at a press briefing. Read More : https://english.alarabiya.net/News/gulf/2022/05/27/Two-senior-US-officials-visited-Saudi-Arabia-for-talks-on-Iran-energy-White-House

 Germany’s economy ministry wants to halve the country’s dependence on Russian oil by the summer and have no Russian hard coal imports by the autumn, Der Spiegel magazine said on Friday, citing a ministry memo. Industrial facilities of PCK Raffinerie oil refinery are pictured in Schwedt/Oder, Germany, The move comes as Western nations aim to present a united front against Russia’s month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, which it has called a “special operation.” “By the middle of the year, Russian oil imports to Germany are expected to be halved,” Spiegel quoted the memo as reading. “By the end of the year, we aim to be almost independent. By autumn, Germany can be independent of Russian coal.” A ministry spokesperson had no immediate comment when contacted by Reuters, but said Economy Minister Robert Habeck would address the energy dependence issue at a morning news conference. Spiegel also quoted ministry sources as telling it, “Despite the progress, an immediate embargo woul...