The White House indicated Wednesday that Saudi Arabia will remain a close consultant to President Donald Trump on security and economic challenges in the Middle East, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iran nuclear deal.

The White House statement offered a glimpse at how this nascent administration‘s Middle East policies are taking shape, and how influential Saudi Arabia may be in shaping them. It left little doubt of the president‘s commitment to reinforcing relations with Saudi Arabia in a lengthy readout Wednesday — a day after the visit.