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UPDATE 1-Saudi FM says U.S.-Gulf summit to focus on "aggressive" Iran

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DUBAI, May 12 (Reuters) - Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said a summit between Gulf Arab leaders and U.S. President Barack Obama later this week will focus on Iran's "aggressive" moves in the Middle East, Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter and a key U.S. ally for decades, has expressed concern at the rise of Iran's armed allies in sectarian conflicts throughout the region and Washington's perceived unwillingness to intervene.

"We see Iranian support for terrorist organisations and facilitating the work of terrorist organisations, so the challenge will be in how to coordinate U.S.-Gulf efforts in order to collectively face these aggressive moves on the part of Iran," al-Jubeir said, according to SPA.

Riyadh announced on Sunday that King Salman would not attend the summit, a move widely perceived as a snub to the Obama administration as it pursues a nuclear agreement with the kingdom's arch-rival Iran.

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Jubeir said the summit would focus on conflicts in Syria and Iraq and also on the fighting in Yemen, where a Saudi-led alliance of Gulf Arab nations is bombing the Iranian-backed Houthi militia that control much of Yemen.

A five-day truce due to start on Tuesday in Yemen could be extended if "(aid deliveries) succeeded and if the Houthis and their allies don't engage in hostile activities," he said.

(Reporting By Noah Browning and Sam Wilkin; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)

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