RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has opened “a new chapter in a long-standing relationship” with the US with a visit that produced a strategic defense deal, expanded economic and tech ties, and closer coordination on regional crises, according to Fahad Nazer, spokesperson for the Saudi Embassy in Washington.
The visit, dubbed by many as “historic,” highlighted every major pillar of a partnership that goes back 80 years, he said during an appearance on “Frankly Speaking,” the Arab News current affairs program.
“I really do believe that the visit marks a new chapter in a long-standing relationship,” Nazer said, describing a relationship that is “multidimensional” and has “always included political cooperation on a number of fronts,” as well as long-standing security, military and economic cooperation.
From the start, he said, trade between the two countries “has been a pillar of the relationship.”
During the Saudi crown prince’s latest visit, that multidimensional character was underlined by a series of agreements, including a strategic defense deal, an accord on the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, an agreement on artificial intelligence and a pact on educational cooperation and coordination.
