{"id":647794,"date":"2017-05-21T04:04:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T04:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/05\/21\/arab-american-summit-kicks-off-in-riyadh\/"},"modified":"2017-05-21T04:04:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T04:04:57","slug":"arab-american-summit-kicks-off-in-riyadh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/05\/21\/arab-american-summit-kicks-off-in-riyadh\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab-American Summit kicks off in Riyadh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-02\"><\/a> <strong>The Donald makes more headlines than most:<\/strong> Dozens of world leaders and business executives began their descent on the Saudi capital over the weekend to attend the Arab-Islamic-American Summit set to kick-off today, but none were in the spotlight in the same way as US President Donald Trump, whose<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spa.gov.sa\/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=1632114#1632114\"><strong>visit was hailed<\/strong><\/a><strong> as the \u201cbeginning of a new era\u201d in Saudi-US relations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump and Saudi Arabia\u2019s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud signed a series of <\/strong><strong>agreements on Saturday, including a USD 110 bn arms agreement<\/strong>, according to an official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2017\/05\/20\/president-trump-and-king-salman-sign-arms-deal\">statement from the White House<\/a> \u201cThis package of defense equipment and services supports the long-term security of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region in the face of malign Iranian influence and Iranian related threats.\u201d The agreement also extends an additional USD 350 bn in arms to KSA over the next decade, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/donald-trump-latest-saudi-arabia-billions-arms-deal-military-sales-a7746601.html\">according to the Independent<\/a>. The New York Times does an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/05\/18\/world\/middleeast\/jared-kushner-saudi-arabia-arms-deal-lockheed.html\">excellent job here<\/a> breaking down the agreement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>King Salman and the US President also signed a \u201cjoint strategic vision statement\u201d<\/strong> that promises \u201cclose collaboration to counter violent extremism, disrupt the financing of terrorism, and advance defense cooperation,\u201d according to the White House. Trump also talked counterterrorism with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spa.gov.sa\/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=1632063&lang=en\">Saudi\u2019s Crown Prince<\/a> Mohammed Bin Nayef at Al Yamamah palace on Saturday, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spa.gov.sa\/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=1632032&lang=en\">Saudi news agency<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shorouknews.com\/news\/view.aspx?cdate=20052017&id=55f753f7-907f-43a6-a151-705c872f9c71\"><strong>watch The Donald join<\/strong><\/a><strong> the traditional welcome dance<\/strong> performed in his honor, runtime 1:58). The leaders were also both present as Saudi and US business executives inked <strong>agreements north of USD 280 bn. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Big Business at the trough: <\/strong>US companies <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/05\/20\/saudi-aramco-ceo-says-to-sign-50-billion-of-deals-with-u-s-companies.html\">signed USD 50 bn in agreements<\/a> with Saudi Aramco, while <a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2017\/05\/20\/general-electric-saudi-arabia-15-billion-deals\/\">GE closed contracts worth USD 15 bn<\/a> in fields including power, healthcare, oil and gas, and mining.<br \/>\n<strong>President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived in Riyadh on Saturday, <\/strong>where he first talked cooperation with the presidents of Burkina Faso and Tajikistan, <a href=\"http:\/\/english.ahram.org.eg\/NewsContent\/1\/64\/269172\/Egypt\/Politics-\/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Sisi-discusses-AlAzhar,-terrorism-with-Bur.aspx\">Ahram Online reported<\/a>. El Sisi will be giving a speech today about Egypt\u2019s counterterrorism strategy and is expected to hold one-on-ones with several of the leaders in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/egypt-and-saudi-arabia-come-together-ahead-of-trump-trip-1495099800\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>\u2019s Yaroslav Trofimov has a <strong>long look at how Cairo and Riyadh <\/strong><strong>patched up their differences this spring<\/strong> ahead of the gathering. The lede is priceless: \u201cIn private, Egyptian officials like to complain about arrogant and uncouth Saudis. In Riyadh, there is just as much eye-rolling about the supposedly unreliable and incompetent Egyptians. Periodically, this tension erupts into open spats. Yet these quarrels only go so far: no matter the mutual frustration, the Arab world\u2019s most populous country and its economic powerhouse simply can\u2019t afford not to get along with each other.\u201d <strong>Still up in the air: <\/strong>The fate of Smurf Islands (as we prefer to think of Tiran and Sanafir) and \u201cSaudi requests for a greater Egyptian role in the Yemen war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Investment Minister Sahar Nasr was also in Riyadh this weekend <\/strong>for the Islamic Development Bank\u2019s (IDB) 42nd annual meeting. Nasr and IDB President Bandar Hajjar discussed the bank developing a new cooperation strategy to provide Egypt with USD 3 bn in financing over the coming three years, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moic.gov.eg\/Front\/Media\/NewsDetail.aspx?MedId=8118\">according to a ministry statement<\/a>. Nasr also signed an MoU with the Islamic Corporation forthe Development of the Private Sector (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icd-ps.org\/\">ICD-PS<\/a>) to provide an undisclosed amount of funding for infrastructure investments in Egypt, <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MoU-Nasr-Islamic-Corporation.pdf\">the ministry said<\/a> (pdf), in addition to a USD 10 mn funding agreement with Islamic Development Bank Chairman Bandar Hajjar to combat avian influenza. Nasr also met Saudi Arabia\u2019s Economy and Planning Minister, Adel Mohamed Fakieh, to discuss economic cooperation, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almalnews.com\/Pages\/StoryDetails.aspx?ID=334466\">Al Mal reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Donald makes more headlines than most: Dozens of world leaders and business executives began their descent on the Saudi capital over the weekend to attend the Arab-Islamic-American Summit set to kick-off today, but none were in the spotlight in the same way as US President Donald Trump, whosevisit was hailed as the \u201cbeginning of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":647795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8572],"tags":[72,2380],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-647794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-enterpriseam","tag-speed-round","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"ccc3705a-82e8-447b-b7cc-1234376e042f","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2022\/12\/505.jpg","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[647785],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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