This is an archive article published on January 24, 2015

Obama to skip Agra visit, fly to Saudi: sources

According to sources, Obama will fly to Saudi Arabia following the death of King Abdullah.

By: Reuters
1 min readJan 24, 2015 02:22 PM IST First published on: Jan 24, 2015 at 02:22 PM IST

US President Barack Obama will cut short his visit to India on Tuesday to visit Saudi Arabia, following the death of King Abdullah, sources in the Indian capital familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

The White House could not immediately be reached for comment. Obama was due to arrive on Sunday for a three-day trip to India, where he will attend the Republic Day parade at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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