WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz
met with U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday in Washington, D.C., his first visit to the U.S.
since ascending to the throne in January.
The Saudi-U.S. relationship is entering a new period of even
greater cooperation and strategic partnership across all sectors of
society, spanning the range from technology, to health care,
military coordination and beyond. Both leaders tasked officials in
their governments to move forward to identify and investigate ways
to elevate the bilateral to a new strategic partnership for the
21st century.
"Our relationship is beneficial not only to our two countries,
but to the entire world and to our region. And this is significant,
and we must always affirm that and deepen such relations. We
always emphasize that we want to deepen our relations and further
our cooperation in all fields," said King
Salman in remarks before the bilateral meeting.
The two leaders discussed top issues of mutual interest to both
countries, including counterterrorism, and specifically, joint
efforts to defeat Al-Qaeda, and the coalition campaign to contain
and destroy Daesh; the importance of reaching a lasting political
solution to the crisis in Syria;
the continued push for peace between Palestine and Israel through the Arab Peace Initiative of
2002; the humanitarian situation in Yemen and support of Iraqi Prime Minister
Haider Al-Abadi.
On the subject of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action between
Iran and the P5+1 countries,
King Salman expressed support for
the shared goal of preventing Iran
from obtaining nuclear weapons. The two leaders agreed on the need
to improve regional security and shared concern about Iran's aggressive activities.
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SOURCE Royal Embassy of Saudi
Arabia, Information Office