Qa'dah 14, 1431 / Oct. 22, 2010, SPA -- Adel A. Al-Jubeir, Saudi Ambassador to United States, lauded the historic strong relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and United States of America since more than 70 years. Al-Jubeir added that the strong relations faced all challenges because the relations are characterized by honesty, trust, diversity and partnership that meet the common interests of the two countries and peoples in various fields. In a speech before 19th Annual Conference of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations which began here yesterday, he stressed that the strong of Saudi-American relations are institutional relations that are transparent, clear and based on mutual respect. They also meet the common interests, he said. " The level of cooperation between the two friendly countries has reached an unprecedented level where the number of Saudi students in scholarships was about 3.000 students but now the number of Saudi students in the United States exceeds 30.000 students at various universities and US cities. "The number of visas to enter United States issued by the U.S. embassy and consulates to Saudi citizens over the past year exceeded 70 thousand visas. 65 thousand visas were issued by the Embassy of Saudi Arabia to the United States and the consulates for U.S. citizens to enter the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Al-Jubeir presented an explanation of the aspects of cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the United States in different fields including economic, military, commercial and energy fields and other fields. He also highlighted the high volume of mutual investments between the two countries. Al-Jubeir said that Saudi-US relations will continue to develop and strength.
