U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday in order to pay his respects to the newly appointed monarch, King Salman, and the family of the late King Abdullah, the White House said Saturday.
Vice President Joe Biden was originally to have led a delegation to Saudi Arabia on Obama’s behalf.
However, the schedule for the President’s departure from India has been adjusted to allow Obama to stop in Riyadh himself on his way home, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said.
Funeral services were held Friday for King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud, who died earlier in the day. He was 90.
