Biden to travel to Saudi Arabia, Israel next month -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will journey to Saudi Arabia and Israel subsequent month and the White Home is planning to announce the journey this week, a supply aware of the planning mentioned on Sunday.
Biden’s journey, which is predicted to happen round mid-July, may embody a gathering with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the supply mentioned.
A spokesperson for the Nationwide Safety Council confirmed a Biden journey to Israel and Saudi Arabia was being deliberate. “We now have no additional journey particulars to verify, however we’ll announce as quickly as we do,” the spokesperson mentioned.
The White Home has mentioned Biden feels that the crown prince is a “pariah” for his position within the killing of a political opponent, Washington Publish journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in Turkey in 2018.
Khashoggi’s homicide on the Saudi consulate in Istanbul tainted the crown prince’s picture as a reformist. The Saudi authorities has denied any involvement by him.
The go to can be geared toward bolstering relations with Saudi Arabia at a time when Biden is looking for methods to decrease gasoline costs in the US.
(Reporting by Eric Beech; Modifying by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
