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| Bush hails "friendly relations" with Saudi Arabia |
| 2002-09-24 |
| President George W. Bush told Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Monday that Washington's "friendly relations" with Riyadh were needed to counter terrorism and push Middle East peace forwards. "Last year, we worked together to counter common threats, like terrorism ... and to install a just and lasting peace in the Middle East to allow the two peoples (Israelis and Palestinians) to live together," Bush was quoted as telling Abdullah in a telephone conversation. "Our success in achieving those objectives would only be possible if we managed to safeguard the close friendly relations between our countries," Bush was quoted as saying by the official Saudi Press Agency. "We're still being polite. Get your crap cleared up and we'll pretend this never happened..." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |