Will Biden pay a ransom to bin Salman in Riyadh?
Media sources report a possible visit by the US President to Riyadh next month and a briefing with the Saudi Crown Prince to control oil prices.
There have long been reports of Riyadh continuing to try to appease US President Joe Biden and agree to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and there have even been attempts to establish at least one telephone conversation between the two sides, but the president The American Democrat, who accompanied many in the US presidential election under the guise of protecting human rights, refused to do so.
“It is time to strike a balance and refine our values in our relations in the Middle East,” Biden said during a campaign campaign when asked about relations with Saudi Arabia.
Biden also told the Foreign Relations Council think tank that it would reduce US support for Saudi Arabia on some key issues. “I will end the US support for the catastrophic war in Yemen led by Saudi Arabia and order that our relations with Saudi Arabia be re-evaluated,” he said.
The issue of Jamal Khashgechi’s assassination was one of the issues that strained relations between Biden and the Saudi Crown Prince, although Biden never agreed to boycott the Saudi Crown Prince.
But with the start of the Russian war against Ukraine, the Saudi Crown Prince, using the opportunity created by this and playing with oil cards and Washington threatening to divert Saudi resources to the east, draws a line for the Biden government to the point that in recent days Reports have surfaced several times about Biden’s retreat from Riyadh and possibly his meeting with Bensalman.
“Western media reports, including the US CNN, indicate that Joe Biden may meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,” Rai Al-Youm newspaper wrote in a note on Biden’s re-meeting. During the upcoming visit of the US President to West Asia. “The trip is expected to take place next month.”
