Obama meets Saudi foreign minister on Iran
President Barack Obama has met with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir in Washington to discuss an accord reached between the P5+1 and Iran over its nuclear program.
Obama talked with Al-Jubeir on Friday during a meeting that had been arranged at the request of Saudi King Salman, the White House said.
"As a result of that request, the president did sit down and have a discussion with the Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir to discuss a range of regional and bilateral issues, including the recent historic agreement that was announced this week," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Friday.
Earnest said that the Saudi minister had indicated that Saudi Arabia welcomes the nuclear talks between Tehran and the P5+1 countries of the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany.
The White House spokesman quoted Al-Jubeir as saying that “we, meaning Saudi Arabia, welcome the discussions on the nuclear program between the P5+1 and Iran.”
On July 14, Iran and the P5+1 reached a conclusion on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in the Austrian capital city of Vienna following 18 days of talks over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Based on the nuclear conclusion, limits will be put on Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for the removal of sanctions, including all economic and financial bans, against the Islamic Republic.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Earnest said that Obama and Al-Jubeir also discussed how to boost security cooperation between the US and Saudi Arabia.
They talked about “the important bilateral relationship” between Washington and Riyadh as well as ways “to further enhance that close and longstanding partnership,” he added.
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