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Sunday, September 6, 2015

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Best of friends? A new chapter in Saudi-US relations


Riyadh has long known that the US could do more to stabilise the Middle East if it wanted to, writes Stephens [AP]Saudi Arabia's recent flurry of diplomatic activity has set kingdom-watchers' tongues wagging. Recent repeated overtures to Moscow have led many to believe that a grand rapprochement between the king and Tsar Putin was imminently on the cards. Yet, as we all awaited the announcement of a formal state visit to Moscow, the kingdom announced its plans for a trip - not to Moscow, but to Washington DC.

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