Biden lands in Saudi Arabia, country he vowed to make 'pariah'
US President Joe Biden landed Friday in Saudi Arabia and met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, sealing a retreat from his campaign pledge to turn the kingdom into a “pariah” over human rights abuses.
Saudi state media showed images of Air Force One at the airport in the coastal city of Jeddah after a flight from Israel, making Biden the first US leader to fly directly from the Jewish state to an Arab nation that does not recognise it.
In 2017, his predecessor, Donald Trump, made the journey in reverse.
