Secretary of State John Kerry was in Saudi Arabia on Monday for talks with King Abdullah. The meeting came amidst reported tensions between the two sides over Syria, Iran and the Israel-Palestine peace talks. At a news conference, Kerry said the United States and Saudi Arabia are on the same page.

Secretary of State John Kerry: “There is no difference about our mutually agreed-upon objective in Syria. As I have said many times before, Assad has lost all legitimacy. And Assad must go. Nothing that we are doing with respect to this negotiation (with Iran) will alter or upset or get in the way of the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia and the relationship in this region.”