President Joe Biden defended his upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia, highlighting the country's 'vital' energy resources despite recently promising not to ask the nation for more oil.
whether he would ask Saudi leaders to boost oil production during the trip."The Israelis believe it is really important that I make the trip."
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman poses during a group picture ahead of Islamic Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Mecca, Saudi Arabia."That’s the all the Gulf states meeting," Biden continued, referring to the Gulf Cooperation Council conference."I indicated to them that I thought they should be increasing oil production, generically, not to the Saudis particularly.
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