His remarks, delivered at the Gulf Cooperation Council as he closed out the final leg of a four-day trip, come as the region braces for a potential confrontation with Iran.
“We will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by China, Russia or Iran,” Biden said. “We will seek to build on this moment with active, principled, American leadership.”
Biden later departed the country en route to Washington after wrapping up a four day Middle East tour in Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia. He was seen off at the coastal city airport by Prince Khaled al-Faisal, the governor of Mecca province.
Although US forces continue to target terrorists in the region and remain deployed at bases throughout the Middle East, Biden suggested at the conference that he was turning the page after the country’s invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. READ MORE
