People participate in a rally in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday. The rally was in support of the legitimate Yemeni government of President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi and a show of strength for the Saudi-led coalition against the Houthi militias. — AP Saudi Gazette report
Washington — Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, in presence of Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, met US President Barack Obama at the White House here on Wednesday. Obama welcomed the Crown Prince and the Deputy Crown Prince, stressing the importance of the meeting, prior to the Camp David summit. The US president went out of his way to praise two of Saudi Arabia's top leaders. “The United States and Saudi Arabia have an extraordinary friendship and relationship that dates back to (President) Franklin Roosevelt,” Obama said at the start of the meeting. The talks between the two sides focused on the Kingdom's contributions in combating the Daesh (the so-called IS) terrorist organization and the Iraqi and Syrian crises which will be discussed in details at Thursday's meeting. Obama lauded the strength of strategic and historical relations between the two friendly countries and their keenness to exert more efforts in order to enhance and support these relations at all levels. The US president pointed out the existing relations between the Kingdom and the United States in combating terrorism, lauding the great efforts exerted by the Crown Prince in this field. The Crown Prince conveyed greetings of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman to the US president. The Crown Prince stressed the importance of bilateral relations and ways of enhancing them in all fields in the interest of the two countries and the region.
