2023-07-28 21:56:04
US President Joe Biden said, Friday, that an agreement may be on the way with Saudi Arabia.
Biden made the statement to participants at a fundraiser for his 2024 re-election campaign in Maine.
And the US president said: “There is a rapprochement that may be on the way,” according to what was reported by Archyde.com.
He did not provide any details of the possible agreement.
It was a newspaperThe New York TimesI published an article by the writer, Thomas Friedman, on Thursday, in which he said that Biden is studying whether to move forward with a security agreement with Saudi Arabia that includes the normalization of relations between the kingdom and Israel.
White House officials said that White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, one of Biden’s most trusted aides, was in Jeddah this week with Middle East envoy Brett McGurk to discuss the possibility of a normalization deal, according to Archyde.com.
The agency stated that US officials believe that a potential deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia is possible after the administration of former President Donald Trump reached similar agreements between Israel, Morocco, Sudan, Bahrain and the UAE.
Sullivan’s visit to Saudi Arabia was confirmed, according to what was stated by the White House and the Saudi government in a statement, but the US statement limited itself to saying that Sullivan met with the Saudi Crown Prince, Prince Muhammad bin Salman, and a number of Saudi officials, during the visit that took place on Thursday, July 27, “to discuss bilateral and regional issues.” Including initiatives to push for a common vision for a Middle East that is more peaceful, secure, prosperous, stable and linked with the world.
Mr. Sullivan also “reviewed the significant development building on the benefits of the truce in Yemen that has held over the past 16 months, and welcomed the continued efforts led by the United Nations to end the war.”
“The two parties agreed to maintain routine consultations and follow up on issues discussed during the day,” the statement added.
For its part, the Saudi Press Agency “SPA” confirmed that “during the meeting, they reviewed the strategic relations between the two countries and ways to enhance them in various fields, and developments in the regional and international situations of common interest were also reviewed.”
For a “more peaceful Middle East”… The US National Security Adviser meets the Saudi Crown Prince in Jeddah
The White House confirmed, Thursday, that the US National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, visited the Saudi city of Jeddah to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, where they discussed ways to end the conflict in Yemen.
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