established by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and U.S. President in Crawford in 2005. The dialogue comprises specialists from concerned departments in the two countries to develop relations in these fields, expand them and work for overcoming any difficulties that might face them. The Foreign Minister explained that the two sides felt a number of positive results of the strategic dialogue, one of the most indications of which is the increase in number of Saudi students on scholarships to the United States from less than 3,000 to more than 15,000 over the last three years and the jump of trade exchange size between the two countries to record levels whereas the United States is considered among the Kingdom's biggest trade partners and U.S. companies are among the biggest foreign investors in the Saudi market, thanks to the huge Saudi investments size in the United States. He said security cooperation is considered at its best levels between the two countries in the field of combating terrorism in all its security, intellectual and financial aspects. Within the strenuous efforts to combat this scourge, the two countries ought to double efforts to solve regional and international crises, including the Palestinian issue, which became a hotbed for recruiting terrorists in addition to threatening the international security and stability, Prince Saud added. --More
