SCOOP: Two of Biden’s senior advisers are on a secret visit to Saudi Arabia for talks on a range of issues, including a deal to increase oil production
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The White House declined to comment. A State Department spokesman said it has "no official travel to announce at this time."State of play: If an arrangement is reached, it would be a significant foreign policy achievement for the Biden administration in the Middle East.Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan was asked about the Axios report on Tuesday during a World Economic Forum panel in Davos, Switzerland.
"We have always seen normalization as the end result for a path. Normalization between the region and Israel will bring benefits but we won’t be able to reap those benefits unless we are able to address the issue of Palestine," bin Farhan said.