Saudi Ambassador meets staff of U.S. Department of State

Washington, February 26, SPA--Saudi Ambassador to the United States
of America Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir held at the embassy in Washington
on Wednesday a luncheon for a number of the staff of U.S. Department
of State, who are preparing for work at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh
and its consulates in Jeddah and Dhahran.

Addressing the staff, the Ambassador stressed deep and
historical relations of friendship and cooperation between Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia and the United States of America in various fields.
He reviewed the development of these relations in the areas of
Saudi scholarships to the United States of America , which have been
significantly increased within the framework of the Program of
Foreign Scholarship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, as well as the exchange of visits and
delegations in various political, diplomatic, cultural, commercial
aspects.
Ambassador Al-Jubeir affirmed the keenness of the government of
the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques on further promoting and
deepening of relations and coordination between the two countries on
various issues of common concern for the interest of the two
countries and their peoples.
--SPA