2023-05-05 22:31:36
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is expected in Saudi Arabia this weekend where he will hold talks with Saudi leaders in particular.
Speaking outside a think tank in Washington on Thursday evening, Sullivan said he would also meet with representatives from India and the United Arab Emirates to discuss “new areas of cooperation between New Delhi and the Gulf”. .
Citing unnamed sources, Bloomberg reported that US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser will meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Sullivan’s trip is “a new sign of the administration’s determination to iron out difficult relations with the kingdom”, added the American media, which reported that the head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, will go to June in Saudi Arabia for a meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh.
In his address to the “Washington Institute for Near East Policy”, Mr. Sullivan described the US administration’s policy in the Middle East as “realistic and pragmatic”. While saying he wanted to “avoid big plans and unrealistic promises of transformational change”, he nevertheless said he was “ambitious and optimistic” about what can be achieved.
According to American media, this first meeting of its kind between the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and India will focus on the issues of diversification of supply chains and investments in development projects. strategic infrastructure, including ports, railways and minerals.
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