'We will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by China, Russia or Iran,' says US President Joe Biden during a summit in Jeddah
Before the speech, Biden spent the morning meeting individually with the leaders of Iraq, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, some of whom he had never sat down with.
His remarks, delivered on Saturday at the Gulf Cooperation Council as he closes out the final leg of a four-day trip, come as the region braces for a potential confrontation with Iran. Arab leaders.Although US forces continue to target terrorists in the region and remain deployed at bases throughout the Middle East, Biden suggested that he was turning the page after the country’s invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
"The future will be won by the countries that unleash the full potential of their populations," he said, including allowing people to “question and criticize leaders without fear of reprisal.”Biden invites UAE president to US Biden invited Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who became president of the UAE two months ago, to visit the White House this year, saying he looked forward “to another period of strong and growing cooperation” between their countries under the sheik's leadership.
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