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US Sec of State meets Saudi King, Iraqi ministers in Riyadh

(22 Oct 2017) US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson participated in the inaugural meeting of the Saudi Arabia-Iraq Coordination Committee in Riyadh on Sunday. Tillerson joined Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Saudi Arabia's King Salman for the meeting. The US is trying to seal a new alliance between Saudi Arabia and Iraq that would shut the doors of the Arab world to neighbouring Iran. US officials see a new axis that unites Riyadh and Baghdad as central to countering Iran's growing influence from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea, particularly as the Iraqi government struggles to rebuild recently liberated Islamic State strongholds and confronts a newly assertive Kurdish independence movement. Tillerson will seek Saudi financial generosity and political support for Iraq, its embattled northern neighbor. Two US officials, speaking anonymously, said Tillerson hopes the oil-rich Saudis will contribute to the massive reconstruction projects needed to restore pre-IS life in Iraqi cities such as Mosul and lend their backing to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. Shiite-majority Iraq and Sunni-led Saudi Arabia, estranged for decades after Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, have been trying in recent years to bridge their differences. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...