RIYADH, 15 January 2006 — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah will meet with US Vice President Dick Cheney here later this week, US Embassy deputy spokesman Andrew Mitchell said yesterday. Mitchell said that the vice president would also visit Egypt, Pakistan and Afghanistan in this tour.
“The talks between King Abdullah and Cheney will be held on Tuesday,” said Mitchell.
He said the talks would focus on key issues of mutual concern, including bilateral relations and the situation in the Middle East and Iraq.
Mitchell said that Cheney was due to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Jan. 17 before he travels to Kabul to represent the US at the opening session of the Afghanistan’s new parliament.
Cheney will stop in Pakistan to see the relief and reconstruction efforts being made by the US Agency for International Development in the wake of the October’s devastating earthquake. He will meet with Pakistani President Parvez Musharraf.
In Oman, the vice president will hold talks with Sultan Qaboos to discuss bilateral and regional issues of common concern with special reference to the war on terror.
