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]](http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2015/9/6/bfe3cc2df02c49bdac82350066b17c52_18.jpg)
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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