Saudi Crown Prince Calls Kingdom, US Partners Despite Differences

AMMAN - Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince says his country and the United States are partners, despite minor policy differences.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — or MBS, as he is known — presented his vision of Saudi foreign policy in a landmark TV interview Tuesday evening.    The crown prince said the Saudi government agrees with the new U.S. administration of President Joe Biden on most issues, and said the sides are working to find common ground on their disagreements.    "We are in agreement throughout 90 percent of the policy of President Biden and we hope to enhance it one way or another," MBS said. "And for the things we have some differences with them, about 10 percent, we try to neutralize the risk and reach an understanding about them. They are our partners for more than 80 years," he added, without specifying the discord.