Signing contracts with Saudi Arabia and "use both soft and hard" to Iraq... Trump starts his first visit to the Middle East in his new term

According to Saudi News Agency on the 13th, Saudi Arabia and the United States signed a document on the strategic economic partnership between the two governments and bilateral agreements and memorandums of cooperation in multiple fields such as defense and energy in the Saudi capital Riyadh on the same day.

  The report said that Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohamed met with the visiting US President Trump on the same day and jointly signed the document on the strategic economic partnership between the two governments. Mohammed and Trump then witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Energy Cooperation between Saudi Arabia's military modernization and capacity development. At the same time, the two countries also announced that the two sides have signed cooperation documents in the fields of minerals, judicial and aerospace.

  According to Saudi Arabia TV on the 13th, after the signing of the strategic economic partnership documents between the two governments, the White House announced that Saudi Arabia promised to invest $600 billion in the United States. The United States and Saudi Arabia signed an arms sales agreement worth nearly $142 billion.

  The White House issued a statement on the 13th saying that the arms sales agreement signed by the United States and Saudi Arabia is "the largest arms sales agreement in history."

  In addition, Trump once again expressed his intention to "reach an agreement" with Iran on restricting its nuclear program when attending an event in Riyadh that day, and threatened that "if the Iranian leadership refuses... we will have to put extreme pressure to make Iran's oil exports zero."

  Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia on the 13th, starting his first visit to the Middle East in his new term, and will also visit Qatar and the UAE in the future. Before the visit, many of the signals sent by the US on Trump's trip to the Middle East were centered around "business" and "big orders". Analysts believe that economic interests are the main considerations of Trump's trip. (Reporters: Xin Jianqiang, Luo Chen, Chen Dan, Wu Baoshu; Video: Wang Yujue)

[Editor in charge: Zhao Wenhan]

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