President Joe Biden will travel to Germany on June 25 for G7 Summit and will then head to Madrid on June 28 for NATO meeting
* Biden will travel to Germany on June 25 for G7 Summit
* He will then head to Madrid on June 28 for NATO meeting * Ukraine will be a major topic of both meetings, as will high costs of food and gas
* No mention was made of stops in Israel or Saudi Arabia * There had been speculation Biden could tack on those countries
* In April, Israeli PM invited Biden to visit and he accepted but no date announced
* There was talk Biden would go to Saudi amid rising gas prices but Biden reportedly torn about meeting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
President Joe Biden will travel to Germany on June 25 to attend the G7 Summit and then will head to Madrid for a NATO meeting, the White House announced on Wednesday.
There was no mention of any stops in Saudi Arabia and Israel amid speculation Biden would visit the Middle East.
Biden will be at Schloss Elmau, a luxury resort spa in the Bavarian Alps, to meet with his fellow leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the European Union.
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Update: Biden to attend G7 and NATO summits -statement (Reuters)
WNU Editor: Israel is in the middle of a political crisis. The coalition may fall, and another Israeli general election may be called. Not a good time for a US Presidential visit.
As for Saudi Arabia. Relations between the two countries is the worst that I have seen in my lifetime. The animosity between President Biden and Crown Prince Salman is not even hidden anymore. I do not expect President Biden traveling to Saudi Arabia anytime soon. But if President Biden does decide to go to Saudi Arabia, it will tell me that the US energy crisis is even worse than what the US media and the White House is saying.