US President Barack Obama visits Saudi Arabia's New King Salman Tuesday Jan 27,2015

US President Barack Obama has led a large, bipartisan US delegation to Saudi Arabia following the death of King Abdullah.

US President Barack Obama cut short a trip to India to make time for the brief visit, during which he met new ruler King Salman.

US President Barack Obama was accompanied by prominent Republican officials, including former Secretaries of State James Baker and Condoleezza Rice

 

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were met at the airport in Riyadh by King Salman and then driven to Erga Palace, the king's private residence, for dinner.

 

US President Barack Obama and King Salman held an hour-long meeting in which they discussed a range of issues including the campaign against Islamic State (IS)


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Saudi Arabia is among the US-led coalition of Western and Arab nations conducting air strikes against IS in Syria and Iraq.
But relations between Washington and Riyadh have been strained by differences over US policy on the Syrian conflict and its nuclear diplomacy with Shia power Iran - a regional rival of Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia.