US President Donald Trump announced that he may visit Saudi Arabia as early as next month, in what would be his first foreign visit since returning to power on January 20.

Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday night that the visit "could take place next month, or maybe a little bit later."

We will also visit Qatar, and maybe a few other countries.

The UAE is very important... so we will definitely stop in the Emirates and Qatar."

Trump visited Saudi Arabia in May 2017, his first foreign trip during his first term.

Saudi Arabia is a close partner of the United States in the Middle East and is currently hosting indirect talks on Ukraine led by Washington.

Despite Trump's excellent relations with the Saudi leadership, Riyadh has categorically rejected any "forced displacement" of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

In February, Trump proposed that the United States take control of the Gaza Strip for real estate development, after its residents were displaced to other countries, particularly Egypt and Jordan.

Saudi Arabia also rejects any normalization with Israel unless Tel Aviv agrees to the establishment of a Palestinian state.

During Trump's first term, several Arab countries normalized their relations with Israel under US-sponsored agreements known as the "Abraham Accords."

Morocco, Bahrain, and the UAE joined the Abraham Accords, while Saudi Arabia, through the Americans, engaged in preliminary talks with Israel aimed at normalizing relations between the two countries. All these efforts were disrupted by the outbreak of war in the Gaza Strip, following the unprecedented attack launched by Hamas on October 7, 2023.

The ongoing war in Gaza has led Saudi Arabia to reject any discussion of normalization until the war ends, Israel withdraws from the occupied Palestinian territories, and a Palestinian state is established.

In early February, the Saudi Foreign Ministry affirmed that Riyadh "will not cease its tireless efforts to establish an independent Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital..., and will not establish diplomatic relations with Israel without that."