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Good afternoon everyone . It's a great

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pleasure as always , to welcome Sheikh

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ability here to the State Department

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back to the State Department . Uh We

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have the closest of collaborations with

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the O . E . On a broad range of

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regional and indeed global issues . Uh

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a close strategic partner for the

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United States . And uh together uh

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we're working to uh advance the cause

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of regional peace , stability ,

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security . Uh we're working well beyond

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the region and of course we very much

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look forward to the um hosting the next

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cop and the important work that's going

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into that that we're also doing

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together . So there's a there's always

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a lot to talk about . But my friend ,

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welcome good to have you here Secretary

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Booth Lincoln . We are so delighted to

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be back in Washington and thank you for

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as I said , fixing the weather . Um

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as you know , we are not quite equipped

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with cold weather back in the U . A .

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It feels like home actually , it's

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quite warm , I must say . I'm delighted

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to be back and delighted to be with

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less covid restrictions and hopefully

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no covid restrictions moving forward .

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But I must say we have a wonderful ,

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diverse relationship with the United

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States and and we should be very proud

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of everything that we've achieved

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together as governments . But as

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uh the people of both our countries ,

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we are in a terrific place , looking at

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all our relationship and hopefully

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we can achieve more together . Thank

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you . Do you have any comments on

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settlement