Foreign Pool Report #3 Oval Spay - Crown Prince of Bahrain

Pool entered the oval office at 11:49 am, the two leaders were already seated.

Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa spoke in English, there were no translators.

He said: “It is indeed a great honor to be here on this fine morning, to put into action the relationship that exists between our two countries. We will be discussing security issues. We'll be discussing trade and investment, which is very important. We're very happy to be announcing $17 billion worth of deals that are coming to the United States. And this is real. It's real money. These aren't fake deals. Thank you, Mr. President, You honor us.”

Highlights of what the Crown Prince said.

On US tech:

American technology is the best.

On Ukraine:

Asked about the Patriot missiles that Bahrain is going to receive from the United States; if they are going to be used to help Ukraine? Crown prince said: “We have no current plans, as we have an operational requirement inside Bahrain to keep them there for the present time.”

On Iran, Your pooler asked him about the stability of the region and if talks with Iran is a necessity now.

"I definitely believe that the volatility of the situation has been reduced, and We didn't know where it was going to go on the Sunday, we were very glad when we found out on the Monday. Let me put it that way. And should the Iranians want to negotiate? I believe the ball is in their court. That is the true reality of where we stand today. They are the ones that stand to benefit from a negotiation."

I tried to ask about the progress of a Gaza deal, he didn't respond.

Pool was ushered out after 30 minutes.

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