Kerry Calls US-Saudi Ties Strategic And Enduring

Kerry Calls US-Saudi Ties Strategic And Enduring
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Δευ, 4 Νοεμβρίου 2013 - 17:47
Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday thatU.S.ties with Saudi Arabia are "strategic and enduring", as he visits the kingdom to ease tensions overU.S.policies on Syria and Iran.
Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that U.S. ties with  Saudi Arabia  are "strategic and enduring", as he visits the kingdom to ease tensions over U.S. policies on  Syria  and  Iran .

"The relationship between 
U.S. and  Saudi Arabia  is many things...Our relationship is strategic, it is enduring and it covers a wide range of bilateral and regional issues," he told reporters.

Kerry also said the 
U.S.  agrees with  Saudi Arabia  on  Syria , adding  Washington  will "not stand idly" as  Damascus  continues to attack its own people.

"There is no difference in our mutually agreed upon goal in 
Syria ," Kerry told reporters in  Riyadh .

"We will not stand idly by as [he Syrian President Bashar al-] Assad continues to use weapons" against his own people, he said.

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