Ahmadinejad and King Abdullah Talk War and Peace
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad got some face time for the first time with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Saturday. The Mideast leaders discussed how to curb sectarian violence in the region, the Iraq war and Iran's developing nuclear program, among other weighty topics.
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad got some face time for the first time with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on Saturday. The Mideast leaders discussed how to curb sectarian violence in the region, the Iraq war and Iran’s developing nuclear program, among other weighty topics.
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The leaders of Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to fight the spread of sectarian strife between Sunnis and Shias in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East.
Saudi’s King Abdullah and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also discussed the war in Iraq in their first ever face-to-face meeting on Saturday.
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