Mueller is investigating whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the presidential election. He is also investigating whether Trump committed obstruction of justice by his decision to sack FBI director James Comey.
Trump has called the investigation a "witch hunt".The US, already a close ally of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, has seen strengthened ties since Trump assumed office. The US president's first official foreign trip was to Riyadh.
Trump pulled the US out of the 2015 Iran nuclear accord earlier this month. The Islamic Republic is an arch-rival of Saudi Arabia, which, along with Trump, was a fierce critic of former US president Barack Obama's Middle East policy.
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