Tendency towards Moscow; Arab countries’ open objection to American relations.
In a report, “i24” news site discussed the reasons why Arab countries did not oppose the war in Ukraine and described the confrontation with the American Democrats as the most important motive for these countries to turn towards Russia.
In an analytical report, “i24” news site evaluated the position of Arab countries regarding the Ukraine crisis. The introduction of this report states: “The tendency of the Arab countries to respond hostilely to the United States determines the position of these countries regarding the war in Ukraine. The countries of the Middle East, especially the gas producing and exporting countries of the Persian Gulf, quickly realized the West’s need for their natural resources and used it to initiate diplomatic retaliation against the United States. In the rest of this report we read:
In March, Arab countries voted overwhelmingly against the Russian invasion in the first UN General Assembly vote; After coming under intense pressure from the US, they quickly showed that they left the voting field and moved towards neutrality with 12 abstentions on the draft resolution suspending Russia’s membership in the UN Security Council and the Human Rights Council in April. Two Arab countries (Syria and Algeria) opposed this proposal in order for the Arab bloc to send a clear message to America and Biden that the era of Ken Ficken is over.
The Arab countries were never in Russia’s camp at most times (not during the Soviet Union and the Cold War, nor in other stages of contemporary history). Arab countries, like the Russians, are not interested in changing the world order; That’s why they prefer to be with the Chinese. But the Arab governments hope that the Ukraine war will make it clear to Washington that reciprocity and mutual respect should be the basis of relations between them.
This rationality is raised despite the difference in the power of the two sides and despite the continuous need of the Arab countries for the support of the United States. Based on this, there are crises in which the United States needs the support of the Arab countries for itself and its allies; As this time, this need happened through the West’s search for alternatives to Russian fuel and looking towards the Arab countries
