HISTORIC MEET  King Salman bin Abd alAziz of Saudi Arabia (L) speaks with US President Barack Obama during their meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC on Friday (Saturday in Manila). AFP PHOTO
HISTORIC MEET
King Salman bin Abd alAziz of Saudi Arabia (L) speaks with US President Barack Obama during their meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC on Friday (Saturday in Manila). AFP PHOTO

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman held a long-delayed first White House summit Friday (Saturday in Manila) marked by warm public words, despite differing views on Middle Eastern crises.

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