President Joe Biden defended his journey subsequent week to Saudi Arabia as a possibility to “reorient — however not rupture — relations with a rustic that’s been a strategic companion for 80 years,” he wrote in a Washington Submit op-ed.
Biden is scheduled to journey to the Center East July 13-16 to advertise peace within the area and make a determined effort to persuade Saudi Arabia to assist ease record-high fuel costs, surging amidst Russia’s battle with Ukraine.
Saudi Arabia, Biden wrote, is “now working with my specialists to assist stabilize oil markets with different OPEC producers.”
“I do know that there are numerous who disagree with my resolution to journey to Saudi Arabia,” he continued. “My views on human rights are clear and long-standing, and basic freedoms are at all times on the agenda once I journey overseas, as they are going to be throughout this journey, simply as they are going to be in Israel and the West Financial institution.”
When he travels to Israel, Biden will obtain the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor. Israeli President Isaac Herzog stated the award was “to thank him for being a real buddy of Israel,” and for Biden’s “decades-long assist for Israel’s safety, deepening our alliance & combating antisemitism.”
