{"id":24623,"date":"2016-04-15T02:25:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T02:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/obama-to-visit-saudi-arabia-for-defence-talks\/"},"modified":"2016-04-15T02:25:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T02:25:33","slug":"obama-to-visit-saudi-arabia-for-defence-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/obama-to-visit-saudi-arabia-for-defence-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama to visit Saudi Arabia for defence talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{US president and defence chief on a two-day trip to the Gulf to talk counter-terrorism and regional security threats.}<\/p>\n<p>US President Barack Obama will talk next week with leaders in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries about agreements on counter-terrorism and bolstering ballistic missile defence systems, a White House official said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Obama will travel to Saudi Arabia with his defence chief Ashton Carter to meet with King Salman on Wednesday and then attend a summit with other leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As you&#8217;ll hear more coming out of the summit, there\u2019s been agreements reached to increase our cooperation on counter-terrorism, streamlining the transfer of critical defence capabilities to our GCC partners, bolstering GCC ballistic defence &#8230; systems, and defending against the cyber threat,&#8221; said Rob Malley, a senior adviser to Obama on the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On all of those, I think you&#8217;ll see progress has been made, there&#8217;s been much deeper cooperation between us and the GCC,&#8221; Malley told reporters on a conference call.<\/p>\n<p>Obama plans to discuss the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Saudi-led conflict in Yemen, and Iran and regional stability issues, the AP news agency quoted Ben Rhodes, Obama&#8217;s deputy national security adviser, as saying.<\/p>\n<p>The president also wants to hear about ideas from King Salman and other leaders for dealing with economic issues, given the sharp drop in oil prices, Malley said.<\/p>\n<p>Obama then will travel to London to meet British Prime Minister David Cameron and to Hanover for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, where ISIL &#8211; also known as ISIS &#8211; and counter-terrorism cooperation also will be on the agenda, the White House said.<\/p>\n<p>Obama plans to also discuss Afghanistan and Russian moves in Ukraine with Cameron and Merkel, the White House officials said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-11700 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/a8683d38d862424eb9909026ed37f388_18.jpg\" alt=\"Barack Obama shakes hands with Saudi King Salman after their meeting in Turkey in November\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{US president and defence chief on a two-day trip to the Gulf to talk counter-terrorism and regional security threats.} US President Barack Obama will talk next week with leaders in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries about agreements on counter-terrorism and bolstering ballistic missile defence systems, a White House official said on Thursday. 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