White House: Biden wants to deepen Israel’s integration in region

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Updated: Jul 11, 2022, 20:37 UTC

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden wants to use his Middle East trip this week to deepen Israel's integration in the region and will work to make progress on more normal relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, the White House said on Monday.

Jake Sullivan speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden wants to use his Middle East trip this week to deepen Israel’s integration in the region and will work to make progress on more normal relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, the White House said on Monday.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said any normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia is likely to take a long time, but that Biden will be looking to make progress during his trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia.

(Reporting by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland, Editing by Rosalba O’Brien)

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