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Article: Strengthening Diplomatic Ties With Saudi Arabia.
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- May 16, 2008
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United States And Saudi Arabia Improve Peace And Stability In The Region Through Nuclear Cooperation
JERUSALEM -- THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Jerusalem)
Today, President Bush met with King Abdallah to commemorate the 75th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia. Since 1933, these two nations have enjoyed formal relations. In 1945, during the waning months of World War II, King Abdallah's father - King Abd al-Aziz - met with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt aboard the U.S.S. Quincy in the Red Sea, and the two leaders chose to deepen the strategic relationship between ...