Top Biden Advisor Sullivan Will Go to Saudi Arabia This Weekend

Secretary of State Blinken plans to visit the kingdom in June
Trips indicate US desire to smooth ties with the Saudis

Jake Sullivan and Antony Blinken. — Jake Sullivan and Antony Blinken.
Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

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By Annmarie Hordern and Iain Marlow

May 4, 2023 at 5:55 PM UTC

Updated on

May 5, 2023 at 12:55 AM UTC

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President Joe Biden’s national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, said he would travel to Saudi Arabia this weekend, in a new sign of the administration’s determination to smooth over rocky ties with the kingdom.

And Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to visit in June for a meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, the Islamic State terrorist group, according to people familiar with the matter.