US President Barack Obama will visit Saudi Arabia next week for talks with King Abdullah, the White House says.
Spokesman Robert Gibbs said the two leaders would meet in Riyadh on 3 June to discuss the Mid-East peace process, Iran's nuclear programme and terrorism. The visit will be Mr Obama's first to Saudi Arabia as president. Afterwards, he will travel to Cairo to give a major policy speech addressed to the Muslim world, and then go on to Germany and France. The speech in Egypt fulfils an election promise and is part of Mr Obama's bid to improve the US image among key regional allies. In Germany, the US president is set to visit the Buchenwald concentration camp. He will wrap up the trip on 6 June by commemorating the 65th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France.
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