US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, spoke on Thursday at a Washington think tank and said that the US is still working towards a goal of a deal normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

"Ultimately getting to full normalization is a declared national security interest of the United States. We have been clear about that," he said, as quoted by Reuters.

"Now as a sign of my seriousness about how much we're focused on this, and how seriously we are taking this, I am not going to say anything further lest I upset the efforts we are undertaking on this issue," added Sullivan.

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