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Joe Biden lands in Israel on first official trip to the Middle East
US President Joe Biden arrived in Israel on Wednesday for his first visit to the Middle East during his presidency, the Alarabiya English reported.
It said that Biden was received by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, caretaker Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Prime Minister Yair Lapid.
Biden and the Israeli officials held a press conference at Ben Gurion Airport.
Biden, in his address, vowed to “advance Israel’s integration” in the Middle East and stregthen US-Israel bilateral ties.
In his speech, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said that the US and Israel will hold talks on renewing a “global coalition” against Iran.
“We will discuss the need to renew a strong global coalition that will stop the Iranian nuclear program,” Lapid said, moments after Air Force One touched down in Israel.
The four-day trip will see Biden hold talks with Israeli, Palestinian, and Saudi Arabian officials.
Biden is participating Wednesday in a formal welcome ceremony in Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport and will receive a briefing on Israel’s Iron Dome and Iron Beam air defense systems.
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He’ll later make his way to Jerusalem for a wreath laying ceremony at Yad Vashem, Israel’s memorial to Holocaust victims in World War II.
Biden is spending two days in Jerusalem for talks with Israeli leaders before meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday in the West Bank.
It is worthy to note that President Hoe Biden will head to Saudi Arabia following visit to Israel.
Source: alarabiyaenglish
