‘Reorient… not rupture’: Biden defends Saudi visit in column – By Al Jazeera and News Agencies (Al Jazeera) / July 10, 2022
The US president writes in The Washington Post his visit will keep the US ‘strong and secure’ and that human rights is on agenda.
US President Joe Biden has defended his upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia amid criticism the trip represents a backslide in his administration’s commitments to human rights.
In an op-ed published late on Saturday in The Washington Post newspaper, Biden said the visit to the kingdom is important and assured the United States remains “strong and secure”.
He added that he wanted to “reorient and not rupture” relations with the oil-rich Arab nation.
Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia is part of a wider Middle East tour from July 13 to July 16 that includes stops in Israel and the occupied West Bank.
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