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Asharq Al-Awsat
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US, Saudi Arabia to Launch Strategic Dialogue

File photo of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will welcome Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud to Washington on Wednesday for the inaugural US-Saudi Strategic Dialogue, the US State Department has announced.

“The dialogue will focus on our shared commitments to the furthering of regional security and prosperity, economic development, and the people-to-people exchanges that have underpinned our bilateral relationship since the seminal meeting between President Roosevelt and King Abdulaziz aboard the USS Quincy 75 years ago,” said a statement issued by the State Department on Tuesday.

Pompeo and the Saudi Foreign Minister will deliver remarks at 8:45 AM-EDT, it added.

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