Washington (CNN) Vice President Joe Biden won't be anywhere near Capitol Hill when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comes to address Congress next month.

Biden will be traveling abroad when Netanyahu comes to Washington to address a joint session of Congress on March 3, his office said Friday. It's the latest development since Netanyahu accepted House Speaker John Boehner's invitation to address Congress on the dangers of a nuclear-armed Iran -- more than a touchy subject for the White House -- without giving the White House a heads up.

Biden's absence won't go unnoticed during Netanyahu's visit to a joint meeting of Congress, during which the Vice President, the Senate's president, normally sits alongside the Speaker of the House.

The Vice President's office declined to say which country he will travel to while the Israeli head of state is in Washington.

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