The White House: Biden’s bilateral talks with the Saudi leadership

White House spokeswoman Karen Jean-Pierre announced yesterday that US President Joe Biden will meet the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in a bilateral meeting during his visit to the Kingdom on July 15 and 16.

Biden begins this official visit at the invitation of King Salman; With the aim of strengthening the historical ties and the distinguished strategic partnership between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States, and in light of the common desire to develop relations in all fields.

President Biden is also seeking to work with Saudi officials to extend the Yemeni humanitarian truce that came into effect on April 2, and was strongly supported by Saudi Arabia.

“The president will be sitting in a bilateral meeting with King Salman and his leadership team, and the crown prince on the leadership team…so certainly, the president will meet with the crown prince,” said John Kirby, the White House National Security Council’s coordinator for strategic communications.

And on the integration of regional air defense systems for Arab countries in the face of Iran, Kirby said that this topic will be discussed during Biden’s trip. “There is greater cooperation across the region on issues such as air defense, and we continue to work on integrated air defense capabilities and frameworks across the region…because the entire region is concerned about Iran and its burgeoning and growing ballistic missile capabilities…and continued support for terrorism throughout,” he said. Region”.