Visit of Crown Prince

Notations of Saudi Crown Prince's visit to the US - Al Arabiya

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense's visit to the US is very indicative at this time as it is the first for him as crown prince and it paves the way for proceeding ahead with economic plans in pursuance of Vision 2030. The crown prince arrives in Washington DC with five agendas: economic, political, military, technology transfer and financial investments. He will tour New York, Washington DC, Seattle, California's Silicon Valley, Houston and Boston with the aim of improving Saudi-American relations. The United States and Saudi Arabia have a common vision on international issues. Given the changing geopolitical scene, the two countries have utmost interest to maintain strong ties and sustain friendly relations.

The Crown Prince's US tour will include a planned meeting with US President Donald Trump and his advisers. He will pay visits to Wall Street in New York and to the Silicon Valley in California and Seattle for heavy industries. He is expected to tour Houston for gas and oil talks and in Boston for higher education cooperation. This is their first meeting since last May 21, 2017 when Trump visited Riyadh.

The Crown Prince is also set to hold talks with Apple and Amazon executives to open outlets and data centers in Saudi Arabia, in a bid to redirect the Saudi economy to be knowledge-oriented and technology-based, benefiting from American expertise to turbo-charge his plans to turn the kingdom into a new Silicon Valley Hub in the Middle East. There is a historic alteration in the nature of economic relations between Washington and Riyadh, from oil to economic development and financial and technological investments. Saudi Arabia is eager to cement political, economic and military ties with the US through major deals that would change the nature of cooperation into win-win equation. Major focus, however, will also be on the "Century Deal" to end the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.

- Father, we pray Mohammad bin Salman's visit to the United States will be a turning point in his nation's acceptance of religious freedom. We ask for a miracle in the hearts of the Wahabbi (religious police) that rule in this nation -- that they be turned towards You, O Lord.

We remind You, Lord, his nation is filled with descendants of Abraham and we pray for his individual salvation and the salvation of his nation.

- As for Ishmael, I will bless him also, just as you have asked. I will make him extremely fruitful and multiply his descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. (Genesis 17:20)