Trump begins in Saudi Arabia, his first foreign trip
5/21/2017 0:00
Washington and Riyadh .. weapons worth 110 billion dollars
Riyadh / follow – up
began to US President Donald Trump, on Saturday, duration of a foreign tour of nine days initiated by visiting Saudi Arabia, which looks to divert attention from domestic political storm raised by his dismissal James Comey director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Trump holds sensitive diplomatic meetings include three peaks at a time when facing his electoral program (America’s first) , the challenges of implementation without the possibility of alienating key allies.
In extremely hot weather, Trump dropped from the presidential plane with his wife Melania. King Salman was greeted by Trump at the airport. The White House said: The tour opportunity to visit the holy places of the three of the largest religions in the world and at the same time give Trump the opportunity to meet with Arab and Israeli and European leaders.
The two leaders sat side by side in the VIP lounge at the airport and Ahtsia Arabic coffee. On the way to the Ritz, where he will descend Trump Hotel, King Salman sat down with the US president in a heavily fortified presidential armored called (Monster).
And it was launched at Al – Yamamah Palace in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia US summit between King Salman and Trump attended by senior officials of both countries.
King Salman sat Trump and face – to – face between members of the two delegations on a rectangular table at the beginning of the talks , which touched on regional issues and to political and economic ties between the two allies.
Prior to the start of the talks, the Saudi monarch wrote in a tweet on Twitter « We welcome His Excellency US President in the Kingdom. Your visit will enhance our cooperation strategic, and will bring security and stability to the region and the world ».
In turn, Trump wrote in his first tweet on his personal account shortly after his arrival to the kingdom « a great feeling for me to be in Riyadh».
And contradict the hospitality received by Trump, from the door of the plane to his residence, with the reception Albertokola to his predecessor , former President Barack Obama , who visited Saudi Arabia in April 2016 which marred relations between his administration and the Kingdom of tensions on the background of the nuclear agreement signed with Iran.
The talk began between the Saudi monarch and US President Mstrsla without barriers in their dialogue through an interpreter. At the Al – Yamamah Palace , King Salman US President Medal of King Abdul Aziz , the highest civilian award in the Kingdom awarded.
After the royal banquet, the two leaders held private talks and participated in the signing of several agreements between the two sides ceremony , including a deal to buy US arms worth $ 110 billion.
An official statement said: The arms agreement includes a US – Saudi pledge to assemble 150 helicopter company Lockheed Martin of Blackhawk in Saudi Arabia.
The company «General Electric» American also announced the signing of contracts and memoranda of understanding worth 15 billion dollars with Saudi Arabia on the first day of the American president’s visit.
The company based in Boston: The contracts and memoranda of understanding signed in the presence of Trump and Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz.
Organizes Riyadh on the sidelines of the visit forum brings together business leaders «from all over the Kingdom and the United States», and another looking at the forum « the nature of terrorism and the future of extremism». But it also hosts a concert exceptional greets singer American Alcantra Toby Keith , who is best known song released by far atheist ten of the September 2001 attacks .
In an exceptional step, Saudi Arabia granted visas to hundreds of foreign journalists to cover the visit, but it placed restrictions on their movements and their attendance main activities. In the custom media center in one of the major hotels , about ten kilometers from the residence of Trump, only journalists filmed the moments of the arrival of the US president with phones on television.
