Strengthening US-Saudi ties

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00:00This trip comes during a particularly critical time.

00:04There have been many global breakthroughs pretty much in the last 24 hours,

00:09namely the Hamas hostage handover of Eden Alexander,

00:14the talks between Russia and Ukraine, the U.S.-China trade deal.

00:19These are all very timely when the Saudi Arabia visit is just coming up,

00:23a country really credited with aiding the negotiation of big deals we've seen of late.

00:33Yeah, well, I think this is all part of a further tightening of relations

00:41between the United States and Saudi Arabia in particular.

00:44As we all know, Saudi Arabia played a significant role

00:48in the context of U.S. negotiations with Russia and with Ukraine.

00:53Several of the negotiations that took place in Saudi Arabia

00:57under the auspices of Mohammed bin Salman.

01:00And so, yes, I think this is an auspicious week for the U.S.

01:05and specifically for Saudi-U.S. relations.