The White House announced: “U.S. President Joe Biden will hold a bilateral meeting with King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia at Al Salam Palace in Jeddah. After that, Biden and his team will take part in a working meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.”

Biden will arrive in Jeddah tonight for a two-day visit, and tomorrow (Saturday) he will attend the Gulf Summit, which will be attended by the leaders of the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, as well as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, King of Jordan. Abdullah II and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi.

US-Gulf negotiation priorities include countering Iranian threats, discussing ways to end the war in Yemen, and energy.

Today, the US President arrived in East Jerusalem at the start of his first tour of the Middle East since taking office, during which he will meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Before arriving in the Palestinian territories, he visited Israeli leaders, during which, in a joint statement with the Israeli authorities, he expressed “the commitment of the United States to the establishment of a regional structure to further strengthen educational relations with the countries of the region and develop them along with the rest of the Arab and Islamic countries.” Preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.