Today,
President Obama met in the Oval Office with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel
Al-Jubeir to discuss a range of regional and bilateral issues. They
welcomed the Joint Comprehensive Plan
of Action (JCPOA) reached between the P5+1, EU and Iran on July 14
which, once fully implemented, will effectively cut off all of Iran’s
pathways to a nuclear weapon and verifiably ensure that Iran’s nuclear
program is exclusively peaceful going forward. Following
on the Camp David meetings with Gulf Cooperation Council leaders, they
discussed efforts underway to further enhance the close and long
standing partnership between our two countries and build Saudi Arabia's
security capabilities, noting that Secretary of
Defense Carter’s visit to Saudi Arabia next week will advance those
discussions.
They also
reviewed efforts to jointly address and seek to resolve regional
crises. They discussed the urgency of stopping the fighting in Yemen
and the importance of ensuring that assistance
is reaching Yemenis in need through international humanitarian channels
without any impediments or delays. They discussed cooperation to reach
a genuine political solution in Syria. They also reaffirmed our mutual
commitment to reinforce efforts to support
Iraq and continue the coalition's work in the counter-ISIL campaign.
The President asked Foreign Minister Al-Jubeir to convey his best wishes
to King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
Source: The White House Press Office
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