Washington, Dec 7, SPA -- The U.S. State Department on Monday expressed its condolences for the attack on the U.S. consulate in Jeddah yesterday and praised the response of Saudi security forces to the incident. "We express our gratitude and appreciation to the government of Saudi Arabia for their quick action and for their decisive moves. They, too, lost their citizens and we offer our condolences," he added. "This incident is yet another reminder that we are all in this together. This is an attack not just on the consulate in Jeddah, but on all of us, Americans, Saudis and other nationalities who were represented by our foreign service nationals who work on behalf of dealing with the world's problems."--SPA1332 Local Time 1032 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/222985