Mohammed bin Salman
The Biden administration aims to expand the Abraham Accords, the secretary of state said.
Brett McGurk made an unpublicized trip to Muscat on May 8.
Washington also demands restarting peace talks with the Palestinians in exchange for advancing normalization efforts.
Netanyahu and Saudi crown prince talk normalization
Riyadh wants the Palestinian Authority to gain security powers in Judea, Samaria, the Al-Aqsa mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
It’s in Riyadh’s interest to forge an agreement while Biden is in office, U.S. officials said.
Hamas-Riyadh rapprochement talks look to be in the cards.
Topics of discussion and agreements focused on regional security, environment, technology and energy, which many believe was the primary topic of the U.S. president’s visit in the wake of oil shortages and high gas prices.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle East is good for America and Saudi Arabia, but possibly dangerous for Israel, experts tell JNS.
Oil prices have sped up MBS’s return to the world stage, said Mideast professor Joshua Teitelbaum. “While the United States may no longer be dependent on the Saudis for oil, it is still dependent on the Saudis for the price of oil.”
Discussions focused on trade, investment, security and a regional summit in July with U.S. President Joe Biden.
“This is not a breakthrough, but another stage in the tightening relationship between the two countries,” said Michal Yaari, an expert on the Arab Gulf states.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman also said that the country could decrease investments in the United States.
