* Saudi worried U.S. losing interest in the Middle East * Help to Syria's anti-Assad rebels to be discussed * Riyadh concerned about Iranian influence in the Gulf (Adds Obama-Abdullah meeting, oxygen tube) By Jeff Mason RIYADH, March 28 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, making his first visit to Saudi Arabia since 2009, began a meeting with king Abdullah on Friday that U.S. officials said would focus on Gulf security, Syria, Iran, Middle East peace and Egypt. The elderly king, accompanied by a number of senior princes, had what appeared to be an oxygen tube connected to his **se at the start of his meeting at his desert farm at Rawdat Khuraim **rtheast of the capital Riyadh, witnesses said. Obama and king Abdullah said in plush chairs and talked to each other through translators.
03-28-2014, 08:21 PM
Obama arrives in S.Arabia, starts talks with king
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