Hebrew newspaper: Normalization is a major reason for Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia
World, Jun. 13 (YPA) – US President Joe Biden said the objective of his visit to Saudi Arabia is to push forward contacts between the Israeli occupation entity and the Kingdom, not just to convince Riyadh to increase oil production, the Israel Hayom newspaper reported .
Answering questions from journalists if he has decided to visit Saudi Arabia, he replied, “No, not yet.”
Asked why the decision was delayed, he denied that he was waiting for any commitment from the Saudis on the global energy crisis.
“ No, no. The commitments from the Saudis don’t relate to anything having to do with energy. It happens to be a larger meeting taking place in Saudi Arabia. That’s the reason I’m going. And it has to do with national security for them — for Israelis. I have a program — anyway. It has to do with much larger issues than having to do with the energy piece,” Binden said.
Biden’s plan apparently related to a regional plan that has been unofficially reported about the ‘Israel’ and Saudi Arabia’s progress toward public normalization, the paper said.
This is done through an agreement to transfer to transfer sovereignty of the Tiran and Sanafir islands from Egypt to Saudi Arabia under the Cairo-Tel Aviv peace agreement, and to allow Israeli aircraft to fly over Saudi airspace,” the according to Zionist media reports.
Biden announced Saturday that he has not yet made a final decision on his possible visit to Saudi Arabia, while the Wall Street Journal said the White House plans to announce the date of the visit on Monday.
Earlier, the US website Axios reported that the Biden administration is “quietly” mediating between Saudi Arabia, Israel and Egypt on negotiations that, if successful, could be a first step on the road to normalizing relations between the kingdom and Israel.
It added that the issue concerns the completion of the transfer of dependency on the strategic islands of Tiran and Sanafir in the Red Sea from Egyptian sovereignty to Saudi sovereignty with Israeli approval.
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