By: Vickie J. Rubinson
President Barack Obama will visit Saudi Arabia on June 3 for talks on Iran's nuclear program and Washington's renewed push for a Middle East peace plan, the White House said on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter is a staunch U.S. ally in the region and has been a key player in the drive for a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
The visit will come at the start of a trip by Obama that will also take him to Europe and Egypt, where he is scheduled to give a major speech to the Muslim world.
The visit comes at a time when Obama is seeking to build an alliance of Muslim nations to pressure Iran to halt its uranium enrichment program, which Washington fears is a cover to build a nuclear bomb.
President Barack Obama will visit Saudi Arabia on June 3 for talks on Iran's nuclear program and Washington's renewed push for a Middle East peace plan, the White House said on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter is a staunch U.S. ally in the region and has been a key player in the drive for a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
The visit will come at the start of a trip by Obama that will also take him to Europe and Egypt, where he is scheduled to give a major speech to the Muslim world.
The visit comes at a time when Obama is seeking to build an alliance of Muslim nations to pressure Iran to halt its uranium enrichment program, which Washington fears is a cover to build a nuclear bomb.
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