Clinton seeks tighter US-Gulf cooperation on Iran
BRADLEY KLAPPERBRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press?
?US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to US Embassy personnel at a hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saturday March 31, 2012. The Obama administration is seeking to advance talks among Saudi Arabia and its neighbors on a missile defense system against Iran, while slowing any plans among Arab Gulf states to intervene militarily in Syria. (AP Photo//Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to US Embassy personnel at a hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saturday March 31, 2012. The Obama administration is seeking to advance talks among Saudi Arabia and its neighbors on a missile defense system against Iran, while slowing any plans among Arab Gulf states to intervene militarily in Syria. (AP Photo//Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, speaks with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saudi al-Faisal, right, before her meeting with the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council "GCC" in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 31, 2012. Clinton sought to work out a unified strategy on the crisis in Syria in talks with Saudi officials on Friday as further violence stymied U.N. efforts to convince Damascus to implement a cease-fire. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, shows King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia leaving his palace after his meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, March 30, 2012. Clinton sought to work out a unified strategy on the crisis in Syria in talks with Saudi officials on Friday as further violence stymied U.N. efforts to convince Damascus to implement a cease-fire. (AP Photo) NO SALES
In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, shows Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, speaks with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal, center, after her meeting with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, March 30, 2012. Clinton sought to work out a unified strategy on the crisis in Syria in talks with Saudi officials on Friday as further violence stymied U.N. efforts to convince Damascus to implement a cease-fire. (AP Photo) NO SALES
Qatari Prime Minister and head of the Arab League committee on Syria, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, heads to a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at a security conference bringing together the U.S. and the Arab Gulf states in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saturday March 31, 2012. The Obama administration is seeking to advance talks among Saudi Arabia and its neighbors on a missile defense system against Iran, while slowing any plans among Arab Gulf states to intervene militarily in Syria. (AP Photo//Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) ? U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the United States seeks improved strategies with Arab Gulf states on maritime security and missile defense to counter the threat of Iran.
Clinton says the U.S. and Gulf governments share concerns about Iran's nuclear activity and interference in the affairs of Arab countries. She is telling them that partnership with the U.S. has "enormous potential" to advance common interests.
Clinton spoke Saturday at a security conference in Saudi Arabia. She said U.S. commitment to the Gulf is "rock-solid and unwavering."
Clinton met Friday for almost two hours with Saudi King Abdullah to discuss issues from oil market stability to pressuring President Bashar Assad to halt his regime's violence in Syria.
Clinton attends a 60-nation conference on Syria in Istanbul on Sunday.
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