Prince Saud said he met with the U.S. Secretary of State to carry forward the bilateral talks, adding that these talks covered the relations in all aspects of bilateral economic, commercial, cultural, educational, security and military ties which form the entire framework of all issues for the committees of strategic dialogue that were co-established by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the U.S. President in Crawford in 2005. "The dialogue comprises specialists from concerned departments in the two countries to develop relations in these fields, expand them and work for overcoming any difficulties that might surface. The Foreign Minister explained that the two sides were acquainted with a number of positive results of the strategic dialogue, one of these bright indicators are the increase in the number of Saudi students on scholarships to the United States from less than 3,000 to more than 15,000 over the last three years and the hike in the volume of trade exchange between the two countries to record levels as the United States is considered among the Kingdom's biggest trading partners and U.S. companies are among the biggest foreign investors in the Saudi market -- thanks to the colossal volume of Saudi investments in the United States. Prince Saud said security cooperation is considered at its outstanding levels between the two countries in the field of combating terrorism in all its security, intellectual and financial aspects. "Within the strenuous efforts to combat this scourge, the two countries ought to double efforts to resolve regional and international crises, including the Palestinian issue, which became a hotbed for recruiting terrorists in addition to threatening the international security and stability," Prince Saud added.--MORE www.spa.gov.sa/518095