US media have reported that US President Joe Biden will pay a visit to Saudi Arabia later this month, saying the trip will be part of a “broader tour” that includes leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
The New York Times reports that US President Joe Biden has decided to travel to Saudi Arabia later this month to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and leaders of the Gulf states, Egypt and Iraq. And Jordan. “
The American network ABC, according to informed sources in the White House, yesterday, Thursday, “Biden’s next visit from Saudi Arabia will be part of a” broader trip “that includes the leaders of the GCC countries.
The network explained that “any meeting between Biden and Ben Salman” could give hope to gasoline consumers in the United States, especially given the global oil supply shortage and high prices.
For his part, CNN reported that “Biden and Mohammed bin Salman intend to reach a major Saudi turnaround by the end of this month after reaching two major agreements on increasing oil production,” according to a US government official. “To hold a meeting.” “And the extension of the ceasefire in Yemen.”
For its part, the Washington Post reported that “Biden plans to visit Riyadh in late June after a stop in Palestine to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.”
“It is possible that the main outcome of the official Saudi agreement to allow Israeli flights to the kingdom will be,” the American newspaper noted.
“Biden’s face-to-face meeting with the Crown Prince is the culmination of a series of secret trips to Saudi Arabia over the past two years by his senior adviser on the Middle East, Brett McGurk,” the paper said. And his special envoy for energy, Amos Hochstein. “
These developments come at a time when the United States’s strategic interests in oil and security have led it to reconsider the “extremist” stance it must take during its campaign against Saudi Arabia.
But White House spokeswoman Karen Jean-Pierre confirmed at a daily news conference at the White House that “remarks by President Joe Biden, during which he pledged to ‘defraud Saudi Arabia’ and pay the price, remain.”
The families of the 9/11 victims also wrote a letter to US President Joe Biden urging him not to ignore Saudi Arabia’s response to what he described as “its role in the rise of al-Qaeda and the 9/11 attacks.” “His government interacts with Saudi officials, including his possible trip to the kingdom.”
Source: Lebanon Debate
