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Saudi FM to meet with Pompeo for inaugural strategic dialogue

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud will discuss the bilateral relationship Wednesday.

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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud attends a joint press conference with the German foreign minister (not seen) in Berlin, on Aug. 19, 2020. — JOHN MACDOUGALL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, in Washington on Wednesday for the inaugural US-Saudi strategic dialogue, the State Department said

“The dialogue will focus on our shared commitments to the furthering of regional security and prosperity, economic development,” said a US State Department statement today.

The statement also referenced “the people-to-people exchanges that have underpinned our bilateral relationship since the seminal meeting between President Roosevelt and King Abdulaziz aboard the USS Quincy 75 years ago.” 

Before his appointment as foreign minister last year, Faisal served as ambassador to Germany and political adviser at the Saudi Embassy in Washington. Both he and Pompeo are expected to deliver remarks to the press Wednesday morning. 

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