US President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House . File photoWASHINGTON, Jun 11US President Joe Biden has not yet made a decision on a visit to Saudi Arabia, according to the White House press pool. On Friday, CNN, citing sources in the administration, said that the topic of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi will definitely be on the agenda of the upcoming negotiations between Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, despite Washington's desire to normalize bilateral relations .In early June, Biden admitted that he would soon pay a visit to Saudi Arabia, but stressed that the final plans have not yet been formed. The New York Times wrote that Biden plans to meet with the crown prince of the kingdom to restore the previous level of contacts between the two countries. Axios also reported that the US was «trying to mend relations with Saudi Arabia» in hopes of boosting the kingdom's oil output. At the beginning of the month, it became known about a number of mutual visits of high-ranking representatives of the two countries, including those related to the preparation of top-level contacts. managed to offend dozens of US alliesUS relations with Saudi Arabia have deteriorated since Biden came to power amid claims to the human rights situation and the military campaign in Yemen. Biden promised during his campaign to turn Saudi Arabia into a «rogue state» for the Khashoggi incident. American intelligence indicated that the crown prince of the kingdom was directly involved in the murder of an opposition journalist. In April, American media reported that during a recent visit to the Middle East by US presidential adviser Jake Sullivan, the crown prince raised his voice due to the fact that the interlocutor raised the topic of the murder of a journalist , saying that he did not want to discuss this issue in the future, and advised the United States to forget about asking the kingdom to increase oil production.
