Riyadh, May 13 -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday secured a 600-billion-U.S. dollar investment commitment from Saudi Arabia in Riyadh and vowed to lift sanctions on Syria.
According to a White House statement, the investment commitment involves agreements spanning various sectors, including "energy security, defense industry, technology leadership, and access to global infrastructure and critical minerals."
Among the deals was "the largest defense sales agreement in history -- nearly 142 billion dollars," the statement said.
As part of the defense agreement, the United States will provide Saudi Arabia with "state-of-the-art warfighting equipment and services from over a dozen U.S. defense firms."
"This deal represents a signi...