April 12, 2012
Remarks
by Saudi Defense Minister Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz and U.S. Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton
Department of State
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
SECRETARY
CLINTON: Well, I'm very pleased to welcome His Royal Highness here to the
State Department. He is here on a very important visit, having already
met many high officials in the White House and at the Pentagon and
elsewhere in our government. We consider the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a
close and strategic partner in many of the critical issues facing our world
today. And I look forward to our visit.
PRINCE
SALMAN: (through interpreter) I would like to thank Her Excellency,
the Secretary of State, for her kind words, which are very reflective of the
relationship. And I am very pleased to be visiting the United States,
which is a friendly country. And I was able to convey the greetings of
the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, to
President Obama and other senior officials, and in particular, to my colleague,
the Secretary of Defense.
Our two
countries are friendly countries that share common interests, and I hope that
my current visit to the United States will be a continuation of the excellent
relationship that exists between our two countries.
