President Barack Obama arrives in Saudi capital Riyadh

We are in social networks: https://twitter.com/Last_news_news https://plus.google.com/u/0/101099846456478907799 _________________________________________________________________ US President Obama arrives in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh for a summit meeting with King Salman and his fellow Gulf Arab leaders. Obama meets with King Salman after being snubbed at the airport in Riyadh amid mounting pressure to declassify papers that 'show Saudi Arabian connection to 9/11'. Barack Obama has met with King Salman of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday amid increasing clamor for 28 pages of a congressional report into 9/11 to be declassified, which is believed to show a Saudi connection to the hijackings. The visit to Riyadh comes against the backdrop of increasingly strained relations with the Saudis, who remain deeply opposed to President Obama's outreach to Iran and skeptical of his approach to Syria. Stepping off the tarmac at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Obama was greeted on a red carpet by Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the governor of Riyadh, as opposed to the king himself. Saudi state television did not immediately air Obama's arrival, which was unusual since right before Air Force One landed, State TV showed King Salman greeting other senior officials from Gulf nations arriving for the Gulf Cooperation Council summit. Mustafa Alani, a security analyst at the Gulf Research Center, said the decision to send a lower ranking official to greet Mr Obama was intended to send a clear message that they have little faith in him. 'He will find a leadership that's not ready to believe him,' he said. 'The Saudis had disagreements with previous presidents. Here you have deep distrust that the president won't deliver anything.' He [Obama] will find a leadership that's not ready to believe him. The Saudis had disagreements with previous presidents. Here you have deep distrust that the president won't deliver anything Mustafa Alani, a security analyst from the Gulf Research Center Obama's first stop in Saudi Arabia was a one-on-one meeting with King Salman at Riyadh's Erga Palace on Wednesday before the six-nation GCC summit opens on Thursday. Under crystal chandeliers, Obama was greeted in a grand foyer at Erga Palace where they walked slowly to a reception room. 'The American people send their greetings and we are very grateful for your hospitality, not just for this meeting but for hosting the GCC-U.S. summit that's taking place tomorrow,' Obama said, referring to the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council summit. King Salman offered similarly gracious words through a translator, saying: 'The feeling is mutual between us and the American people.' This is the president's fourth visit to the kingdom since taking office. The talks come at a critical time in the U.S.-Saudi relationship, with 9/11 victims' families again pushing Congress for the right to sue Saudi Arabia over the death of their loved ones. Previous court decisions have ruled that there is insufficient evidence to find Saudi Arabia culpable in the terror attacks, which is why they are now calling for the release of 28 classified pages from the 9/11 congressional report which is believed to show a stronger connection to Saudi funding of the attacks.