Saudi Arabia's foreign minister has expressed optimism about the new U.S. administration taking office on Friday.

"Our interests align," Adel Al Jubeir said this week, according to media reports.

Jubeir's comments come just three days before Trump, whose campaign rhetoric was decidedly anti-Saudi and Islamophobic, takes office.

"The objectives we want to achieve are the same," he said. Jubeir explained that Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump's administration may have some disagreements "on how to get there," but they don't disagree on "what needs to be done."



Jubeir also said that Saudi Arabia welcomes Trump's plan to "restore America’s role in the world."