and then obviously, you know, with lincoln's passing earlier this year, it was a beautiful funeral and you learn things about him i didn't even know. is daniel here, daniel? you did a great job. [applause] >> you really did a great job speaking and there were a lot of things i didn't really know. i mean, i knew, but didn't know the depths of some of it. an incredible statesman and someone we all kind of looked up to, someone who made a difference. >> we are going to step away from this to hear from president trump. this is part of the president's middle east trip the first of his second term. live coverage on c-span2. [applause] >> , [speaking language]

. >> your royal highness, mr. president, with your permission we shall now begin the ceremony as exchange and announcements of bilateral agreements and memorandums between the kingdom of awed saudi arabia and united states of america. >>, [speaking language] >> a memorandum of understanding, and energy for cooperation from the field of energy. from the saudi side, the prince, minister of energy from

the u.s. side his excellency mr. chris wright, secretary of energy. [applause]. [speaking language] >> next, a ledger of intent between the ministry of defense from saudi arabia and the u.s. department of defense regarding

modernization and development of the capabilities of the saudi armed forces through future defense capabilities from the saudi side his royal highness, minister of defense. from the u.s. side his excellency mr. pete hegseth, secretary of defense. [applause]. [speaking language] announcing the agreements of the memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of

mining and mineral resources between the ministry of industry and the mineral resources in saudi arabia and the u.s. department of energy. [speaking language] announcing a letter of intent to complete work and enhance joint cooperation on ammunition, training, support services, maintenance, system upgrades, spare parts and education for land and air systems of the national guard. [speaking language] memorandum of understanding between the international partnership program at the ministry of interior and the federal bureau of

investigation. [speaking language] a letter of intent between the ministry of defense of saudi arabia and the u.s. department of defense regarding the development of the capabilities of the saudi armed forces. [speaking language] memorandum of understanding for cooperation between the ministry of justice in saudi arabia and the u.s. department of justice. [speaking language]

an executive agreement between the saudi space agency and nasa for cooperation in the space weather monitoring project as part of the artimus mission. [speaking language] an agreement between the government of saudi arabia and the government of the united states regarding mutual assistance between the customs authorities of the two countries. [speaking language] next, protocol demanding the agreement between the government of saudi arabia and the government of the united states of america.

[speaking language] next, a memorandum of understanding between the national institute for health research in saudi arabia and the u.s. national institute of allergy and infectious diseases on medical research, related to infectious diseases. [speaking language] cooperation agreement between the royal commission, and the smithsonian institute's national zoo and conservation biology institute. [speaking language]

and last, but not least, cooperation agreement between the royal commission and the smithsonian institute national of asian art. [speaking language] this decades long strategic partnership with continue with more signings and agreements of memoranda of understanding at the saudi-u.s. investment forum. in closing we wish both nations a fruitful partnership and a prosperous future. thank you.

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