Saudi Arabia's King Salman gestures to the media as he sits with U.S. President Barack Obama (L) at Erga Palace in Riyadh, January 27, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama met with Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Tuesday to pay respects to the late King Abdullah and bolster a relationship that now stretches well beyond oil interests to security cooperation across the volatile Gulf Arab region.
King Salman, in his first official talks with a high-level foreign delegation since the death of his half-brother on Friday, did not express reservations over U.S.-led negotiations aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear programme, a U.S. official said.
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