| John Foster Dulles |
Riyadh, Dhahran |
Met with King Ibn Saud and senior Saudi officials. |
May 18–19, 1953 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Riyadh |
Met with King Faisal and Foreign Minister Saqqaf. |
May 1–2, 1971 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Riyadh |
Met with King Faisal and senior Saudi officials. |
November 8–9, 1973 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Riyadh |
Met with King Faisal to discuss the Middle East peace process. |
December 14, 1973 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Riyadh |
Briefed King Faisal on the Syrian-Israeli peace process. |
March 2, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Riyadh |
Briefed King Faisal and Foreign Minister Saqqaf on the Israeli-Syrian
negotiations. |
May 9, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Jidda |
Accompanied President Nixon. |
June 14–15, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Riyadh |
Reviewed the Middle East peace process with King Faisal and Foreign Minister
Saqqaf. |
October 13, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Riyadh |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with King Faisal and Foreign Minister
Saqqaf. |
November 6, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Riyadh |
Briefed King Faisal on the Middle East peace process. |
February 15, 1975 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Riyadh |
Met with King Faisal to review the Middle East peace process and bilateral
relations. |
March 19, 1975 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Taif |
Briefed King Khalid on the Middle East peace process. |
September 2, 1975 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Riyadh |
Met with Crown Prince Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud; reviewed the Middle
East peace process. |
February 19–20, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Taif |
Reviewed the Middle East peace process with King Khalid and senior Saudi
officials. |
August 7–9, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Riyadh |
Reviewed the Middle East peace process. |
December 14–15, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Riyadh |
Accompanied President Carter. |
January 3–4, 1978 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Riyadh |
Reviewed the Camp David Accords with King Khalid and Crown Prince Fahd. |
September 21–24, 1978 |
| Alexander Meigs Haig |
Riyadh |
Discussed the Middle East peace process and AWACS sales with King Fahd and Foreign
Minister Prince Saud. |
April 7–8, 1981 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Jidda |
Discussed the proposed Israeli-Lebanon agreement with Foreign Minister Prince
Saud. |
May 8, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Jidda |
Discussed means of withdrawing foreign forces from Lebanon. |
July 4–5, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Jeddah |
Met with King Fahd. |
October 17, 1987 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Qasim |
Met with King Fahd. |
April 7, 1988 |
| James Addison Baker |
Jeddah, Taif |
Met with King Fahd and with Emir al-Sabah of Kuwait; discussed financing of U.S.
military presence. Visited U.S. military personnel. |
September 6–7, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Jeddah, Taif |
Met with King Fahd, Foreign Minister Prince Saud, and the Emir of Kuwait. Addressed
U.S. military personnel. |
November 4–6, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Jeddah |
Accompanied President Bush to meetings with King Fahd and the Amir of
Kuwait. |
November 21–22, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Riyadh |
Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince
Saud. |
January 10–11, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Taif |
Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with the Amir of Kuwait. Addressed U.S. military
personnel in eastern Saudi Arabia. |
January 11, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Taif, Riyadh |
Met with the Amir of Kuwait and with the Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Syria, and the
Gulf Cooperation Council. |
March 8–10, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Jeddah |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince
Saud. |
April 21–22, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Jeddah |
Discussed a Middle East peace conference with King Fahd. |
July 20–21, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Jeddah |
Discussed the Middle East peace process and the Iraq crisis with King Fahd and
Foreign Minister Prince Saud. |
July 23–24, 1992 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Riyadh |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with King Fahd. |
February 21–22, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Riyadh |
Met with the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council. |
April 27, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
King Khalid Military City, Riyadh |
Accompanied President Clinton to a meeting with King Fahd. |
October 28–29, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Jeddah |
Met with the Gulf Cooperation Council Foreign Ministers and discussed the situation
in Iraq with King Fahd. |
March 12, 1995 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Dhahran |
Met with Foreign Minister Prince Saud and with U.S. and Saudi military
personnel. |
June 26, 1996 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Jeddah, Abha, Prince Sultan Air Base |
Met with King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah, with Gulf Cooperation Council Foreign
Ministers, and visited U.S. military personnel. |
September 13–14, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Riyadh |
Discussed the Iraq crisis with senior Saudi officials. |
November 16–17, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Riyadh |
Discussed the Iraq crisis with Crown Prince Abdullah. |
February 1–2, 1998 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Riyadh, Prince Sultan Air Base |
Discussed the Iraq crisis with King Fahd and senior Saudi officials and addressed
U.S. military personnel. |
January 27–28, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Riyadh |
Met with King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah. |
December 6–7, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Riyadh |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with King Fahd and senior officials; also
met with Syrian President Bashar Assad. |
October 17–18, 2000 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Riyadh |
Met with senior Saudi officials. |
February 26, 2001 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Riyadh |
Met with Crown Prince Abdullah and visited the Vinnell Compound after a terrorist
attack. |
May 13, 2003 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Riyadh |
Met with Crown Prince Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. |
March 19, 2004 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Jeddah |
Met with Crown Prince Abdullah, Foreign Minister Prince Saud, and Iraqi Prime
Minister Allawi. |
July 28–29, 2004 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Riyadh |
Met with Crown Prince Abdullah and senior Saudi officials. |
June 20–21, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Jeddah |
Attended a Strategic Dialogue meeting and met with Foreign Minister Prince
Saud. |
November 12–13, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Riyadh |
Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. |
February 22–23, 2006 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Jeddah |
Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. |
October 2–3, 2006 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Riyadh |
Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. |
January 15–16, 2007 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Jeddah |
Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Saud. |
August 1, 2007 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Riyadh |
Accompanied President Bush. Met with Foreign Minister Prince Saud. |
January 14–15, 2008 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Riyadh |
Accompanied President Bush. |
May 16–17, 2008 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Riyadh, Jeddah |
Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. Visited the Organization
of the Islamic Conference headquarters and made a speech at the Dar Al-Hekma College in
Jeddah on February 16. |
February 15–16, 2010 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Riyadh |
Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. Attended the First
Ministerial Meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council-U.S. Strategic Cooperation
Forum. |
March 30–31, 2012 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Riyadh |
Met with the Gulf Cooperation Council Foreign Ministers and with Foreign Minister
Prince Saud al-Faisal. |
March 3–4, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Jeddah |
Met with Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal. |
June 25–26, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Riyadh |
Met with Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
al-Saud. |
November 3–4, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Riyadh |
Met with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Said. |
January 5–6, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Riyadh |
Accompanied President Obama. |
March 28–29, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Jeddah |
Met with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud and Syrian Opposition Coalition
President Ahmad Jarba. |
June 27, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Jeddah |
Met with King Abdullah, attended a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council and
Regional Partners, and met with representatives of the Organization of the Islamic
Conference. |
September 11–12, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Riyadh |
Accompanied President Obama to offer condolences to King Salman bin Abd al Aziz bin
Saud after the passing of King Abdullah. |
January 27, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Riyadh |
Met with King Salman and Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and attended a meeting of
Gulf Cooperation Council Foreign Ministers. |
March 4–6, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Riyadh |
Met with King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Foreign Minister Adel
al-Jubeir, and Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. |
May 6–7, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Riyadh |
Met with King Salman, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, Crown Prince Mohammed bin
Nayef, and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. |
October 24, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Riyadh |
Met with Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, members of the Syrian Opposition’s High
Negotiations Committee, and with the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council
states. |
January 23–25, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Hafr al-Batin |
Met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Deputy
Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman al-Saud, and Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir. |
March 11–12, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Riyadh |
Attended a Gulf Cooperation Council Summit Meeting with President Obama. |
April 21, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Jeddah, Al Wajh |
Met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, and
Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman al-Saud. |
May 15, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Jeddah |
Met with the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council and of the United
Kingdom, and the UN Special Envoy for Yemen. |
August 24–25, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Riyadh |
Met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud and with the Foreign Ministers of Saudi
Arabia and Oman. |
December 17–19, 2016 |
| Rex W. Tillerson |
Riyadh |
Accompanied President Trump. |
May 20–22, 2017 |
| Rex W. Tillerson |
Jeddah |
Met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and
the Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and
Egypt. |
July 11–12, 2017 |
| Rex W. Tillerson |
Riyadh |
Met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and
Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir. Attended the first meeting of the Saudi Arabia-Iraq
Coordination Council. |
October 21–22, 2017 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Riyadh |
Met with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir. |
April 28–29, 2018 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Riyadh |
Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir
regarding the investigation into the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi. |
October 15–17, 2018 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Jeddah |
Met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al
Saud. |
June 23–24, 2019 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Jeddah |
Met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud. |
September 18, 2019 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Riyadh |
Discussed regional and bilateral issues with Saudi leadership. |
February 19–21, 2020 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Riyadh |
Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. |
November 22, 2020 |
| Antony Blinken |
Jeddah |
Accompanied President Biden to a Summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council. |
July 15–16, 2022 |
| Antony Blinken |
Jeddah, Riyadh |
Met with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, participated in a
U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Ministerial, and co-hosted a Ministerial meeting of
the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. |
June 6–8, 2023 |
| Antony Blinken |
Riyadh |
Met with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman. |
October 14–15, 2023 |
