Former Ambassador Chas Freeman, Ambassador James Smith on US-Saudi Arabia relations

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Saudi Arabia remains a key ally of the U.S. and other Western powers as the Middle East faces the threat of ISIL and other sources of instability. This was made especially clear by the response to Kind Abdullah’s death from Western leaders. Even U.S. President Barack Obama will cut short his trip to India for an upcoming visit on Thursday to Saudi Arabia.

CCTV America’s Asieh Namdar interviewed Chas Freeman, a former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, for more on the West’s relationship with the country.