President Barack Obama travelling with
a 27-strong delegation arrived in Riyadh today to pay respects to the memory of
the late King Abdullah and to meet with King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, the
Kingdom’s new ruler. The delegation accompanying Obama includes Secretary of
State John Kerry, CENTCOM Commander GEN Lloyd Austin, CIA Director John Brennan
and Senator John McCain.
National Security Council
spokesman Ben Rhodes said the president wants the same kind of relationship
with the new king that he had with Abdullah, in which “we’re able to move
forward on areas of common interest and able to be very candid and frank with
one another about developments in the region.” (AFP, 27 January)
Photo credit: President
Obama meets with Saudi King Salman; Riyadh, 27 January 2015 (Saul
Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
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