American publication: The visit of the Chinese president to Riyadh will take place this year.
According to the report of the American newspaper “Wall Street Journal”, the President of China is going to visit Saudi Arabia before the end of 2022.
In addition to the efforts of Saudi Arabia, as the world’s largest oil exporter, and China, as the world’s largest oil importer, to strengthen their relations and the sharp drop in the level of relations between Washington and Riyadh, the Wall Street Journal wrote, Chinese President Xi Jinping is going to end To travel to this kingdom this year.
The American “Wall Street Journal” wrote that informed sources told this newspaper on Monday that Xi Jinping’s official visit to this royal country is expected to take place this month or next.
According to the “Oil Price” website, China, which is the world’s largest oil importer, along with Saudi Arabia, have deepened their relations in recent years, including in the energy sector.
Last month, Saudi Arabia and China jointly emphasized the importance of a stable long-term supply of crude oil to the market. According to the report of “Saudi Press” news agency, “Abd al-Aziz bin Salman”, the Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia, and “Zhang Jianhua”, the director of the National Energy Administration of China, emphasized the continued cooperation of the two countries to maintain stability in the global crude oil markets.
The visit of the President of China to Saudi Arabia, with a lot of turbulence in the oil market and in the geopolitical arena, along with Russia’s attack on Ukraine, sends a signal that China wants to increase its influence in the Middle East, which is considered to be the main area of American influence. Also, this visit of the Chinese president to Saudi Arabia shows that Saudi Arabia considers its relations with China to be of strategic importance.
As China and Saudi Arabia seek to strengthen their relationship, US-Saudi relations have fallen to an unprecedented level, especially after Washington’s harsh criticism of Riyadh due to the OPEC+ oil cartel’s decision to cut oil production.
After the harsh criticism of the United States on OPEC+ for taking the decision to reduce oil production, several major oil producers in the world who are members of this oil cartel, including Saudi Arabia, defended and emphasized the decision of this group, the reason behind this decision was technical analysis and the intention There is no politics behind it.
