The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

US-Saudi: Don't mention Bahrain

US SecDef Gates meets King Abdullah:

SEC. GATES: We had a very good meeting. We met for about an hour and a half, one-on-one. It was an extremely cordial warm meeting. I think the relationship is in a good place. We talked about developments all over the region. We obviously talked about Iran....

Q. Did you talk about the Saudi troops in Bahrain? Did you raise that as an issue?

SEC. GATES: No.

Well that's that then.

Via Enduring America.