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White House spokeswoman Gene Saki said “the conversation between Biden and King Salman will be released after its end and will happen soon,” noting that the president “is communicating with the Saudi king while the minister defense talks to the crown prince. ” . “
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White House: Biden Communicates With Saudi King, While Defense Minister Speaks With Bin Salman
White House spokeswoman Jane Sackey said: “US President Joe Biden is expected to have direct contact with the Saudi King, not Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.”
Saki noted that “the call between Biden and King Salman will be revealed after its end and will happen soon,” noting that “Biden’s intention is to reestablish the relationship with Saudi Arabia.” He also explained that “the president is communicating with the Saudi king while the defense minister talks to bin Salman.”
Regarding the issue of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, he said: “We are awaiting the release of the secret report on the murder of Khashoggi, and the president will not hesitate to speak about his concerns,” adding that “we will not anticipate talking about the measures that we can take before publishing the Khashoggi’s murder report. “
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This revealed an American report, published today by the “Axios” website, that US President Joe Biden intends to contact Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz. The report indicated that the importance of this call arises as it is Biden’s first call with the Saudi king.
The “Axios” website confirmed that the call came before the public release of a potentially “damning” US intelligence report on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The US newspaper “Washington Post” also revealed a few days ago that the administration of US President Joe Biden decided to publish the US intelligence report on the role of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The report concluded, according to the newspaper, that Bin Salman ordered the assassination of Khashoggi inside his country’s embassy in Turkey in 2018, noting that a senior official in the Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry declined to comment on the timing o the content of the US report.
Biden had previously criticized Riyadh’s policy on the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in his election remarks, promising to treat it as a “rogue state that should pay the price for it” and demanding that some members of Congress suspend arms supplies. , munitions and security cooperation to Saudi Arabia in its war against Yemen.
In the context, the Israeli media reported yesterday that “the rulers of Saudi Arabia have opened lines of communication with Tel Aviv to form a bilateral alliance against US President Joe Biden.”
The Israeli channel Kan noted that “the intense contacts between Riyadh and Tel Aviv to calm the anger of the US president against Saudi Arabia”, adding that “the US president seems angry with Saudi Arabia and Israel.”
According to the Israeli media, “Riyadh is very concerned about the Biden administration and the change of administration in Washington, and they are perhaps the most concerned in the Arab world.”
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