Four informed sources told Axios that the White House is working on a “roadmap to normalize” relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East next month.

Sources told the site that the White House held a meeting with think tank experts about Biden’s trip to the region and floated the idea of ​​a “normalization roadmap” without going into detail.

The White House made it clear during the meeting that there would be no deal before Biden’s visit, but they are working on it, and President Biden should discuss it with the leaders of Israel and Saudi Arabia during his upcoming visit to the region, the same sources say.

Another source said the White House believes that any normalization roadmap will take time and be a long-term process.

A White House National Security Council spokesman said they “support the expansion and deepening of Arab-Israeli relations.”

The website quoted a senior Israeli official as saying he did not expect a major breakthrough in normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia during Biden’s visit, but stressed that the agreement allowing Israeli airlines to use Saudi Arabian airspace to fly to India and China is very close.