US President Joe Biden, who is visiting the Middle East, will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Rapid on the 14th.
We would like to support the improvement of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, which have the same interests with the conflicting Iran in mind.
US President Joe Biden, who is visiting the Middle East for the first time after taking office, arrived at an airport near Tel Aviv in Israel on a presidential plane on the 13th, and then inspected the Israeli army's interception missile system "Iron Dome" supported by the United States. I appealed the strong relationship between the two countries.
President Biden cites "integration of Israel into the Middle East" as one of the purposes of this visit to the Middle East, and at the meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Rapid on the 14th, there will be conflicts over nuclear development and so on. It is expected that they will exchange opinions on improving relations between Israel and the Arab countries, which have the same interests with Iran in mind.
Israel has already normalized diplomatic relations with some of the Arab countries that were in conflict, such as the UAE = United Arab Emirates, and this time President Biden wants to help improve relations with Saudi Arabia, which is also said to be the Arab ally. ..
On the other hand, in order to increase the pressure on Iran, which is hostile to Israel, he seems to want to draw concrete support from the United States in terms of military affairs while reaffirming his position not to allow the possession of Iran's nuclear weapons. increase.
Iran wary of Israel and Arab countries approaching
Regarding President Biden's visit to the Middle East, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Canani said at a press conference on the 13th, "Attempts to bring Israel into the Middle East region politically and in security are based on the interests of the United States. Probably. "
He added, "Israel will not bring security and stability to the region. It is wrong to think that the countries that will benefit from strengthening relations with Israel are wrong," and the approach of Israel and Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia. I showed a sense of caution.
The aim of President Biden's visit to the Middle East is ...
Regarding President Biden's visit to the Middle East, Martin Indik, who was the US Ambassador to Israel twice and was the Middle East Special Envoy in the Obama administration, said, "President Biden will leave the United States away from the Middle East and fill the gap with China and Russia. We must counteract the perceptions of Middle Eastern countries that they are saying that. "
On the other hand, "The Biden administration has no choice but to focus on China and Russia, and in the Middle East, we will support friendly countries that are trying to contain Iran instead of the United States playing a central role as before. It is necessary, "he said, pointing out that the way of involvement in the Middle East is changing.
On top of that, he said, "If the United States wants its friendly countries in the Middle East to take responsibility, it is important for Saudi Arabia to play a major role." He said that the aim of this visit to the Middle East was to encourage the strengthening of strategic relations with Israel.