Biden wants to recalibrate Saudi ties, advisor says before visit

AIR FORCE ONE, July 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden wants to "recalibrate" Washington's relations with Saudi Arabia not rupture them, and will discuss human rights issues during a visit to the kingdom, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday.

He was speaking ahead of a visit by Biden to Saudi Arabia for talks with Gulf Arab leaders.

(Reporting by Steve Holland, Aziz el Yaakoubi, Maha El Dahan and Jarrett Renshaw; Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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