abruptly withdraw. former minister said the reports of the snub were really off base after a round of critical stories yesterday, the king called the president to express his regret in not being able to travel to washington. they discussed the summit's agenda and iran's nuclear program and the upcoming cease fire in yemen. the top leaders bahrain, oman and united arab emirates will also not be attending. >> for the purposes of having a meeting about how to deepen our security cooperation with our partners in saudi arabia having the crown prince and the department crown prince both of whom have leadership responsibilities when it comes to providing for the security of saudi arabia gives us confidence that we'll be able to have a robust discussion but also that we'll be able to follow through on the commitments that are made in the context at the meeting.