By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden will visit Saudi Arabia next month, the White House announced Tuesday, a foreign policy trade-off that completes the reversal of his campaign pledge to make the kingdom a “pariah.
US President Joe Biden will make history next month with a direct flight between Israel and Saudi Arabia where he will meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, abandoning efforts to ostracize the oil kingdom's de facto leader over the murder of a dissident.
The stop will be part of a trip to the Middle East from July 13 to 16, with Israel set to be Biden's first destination, a senior administration official said.
US President Joe Biden will meet with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman next month, abandoning efforts to ostracize the kingdom's de facto leader over the horrific murder of a dissident.The White House ended weeks of speculation Tuesday, announcing that Biden will travel to Israel, the …
President Joe Biden will make his first trip to the Middle East next month with visits to Israel, the occupied West Bank and Saudi Arabia. The White House on Tuesday
The president will make stops in Israel, the West Bank and then Saudi Arabia, where he’ll seek to rebuild relations just a year after vowing to make the kingdom a “pariah.”
By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden will visit Saudi Arabia next month, the White House announced Tuesday, a foreign policy trade-off that completes the reversal of his campaign pledge to make the kingdom a “pariah.
Biden’s trip is a major policy reversal from when he said Saudi Arabia needs to “pay the price and make them in fact the pariah that they are” while campaigning for the presidency.
President Joe Biden will visit Saudi Arabia next month, the White House announced Tuesday, a foreign policy trade-off that completes the reversal of his campaign pledge to make the kingdom
When he was running for office, Joe Biden vowed to make big changes to how the U.S. deals with Saudi Arabia. But that was before gas prices soared past $5 per gallon, making inflation his top issue.
Joe Biden is set to travel to Israel on July 13 before heading to the occupied West Bank and Saudi Arabia. The trip's announcement comes despite pledges to side-line the "pariah" Saudi state.
The White House formally announced that President Biden would visit the oil-rich kingdom in mid-July despite having denounced it as a “pariah” state after the assassination of a dissident.
President Biden will meet with Middle Eastern leaders during a four-day trip to the region in July that includes stops in Israel, the West Bank, and Saudi Arabia.
US president will chat with athletes at opening of Maccabiah Games, visit a missile defense system, hold a virtual meeting with Bennett, MBZ and Modi, and meet Abbas in Bethlehem
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