Changes In The Regional Order, Is Saudi Arabia Driving Away From The United States?
Bringing Saudi Arabia into the reconciliation train with the Zionist regime and concluding a normalization agreement between these two parties was one of the common goals of the administration of “Donald Trump” and “Joe Biden” in the United States, which they had high hopes of realizing. But the agreement between Tehran and Riyadh to resume relations after 7 years messed up the US and Israel cards in the normalization case.
Of course, the agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which was signed a few weeks ago under the supervision of China, was not a surprising issue; Because the two countries had taken steps towards convergence despite the tension in their relations during the past years. This atmosphere dominated the relations between Tehran and Riyadh in the previous decades, but what seems new at the current stage and was surprising to many is that in the first place, the agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia was signed under the support of China, and this is the issue of scenarios about dissatisfaction. America draws from the Saudis.
Is Saudi Arabia moving away from the American orbit?
On the other hand, Saudi Arabia’s convergence with Iran was carried out in a situation where the nuclear negotiations are in a state of uncertainty due to the disruption of the American side. Therefore, according to Tehran’s adherence to its independent and sovereign positions, the tension in its relations with Washington still exists. In this situation, the Americans expected Saudi Arabia not to take any action to restore its relations with Iran before the fate of the nuclear case is clarified.
But after this agreement, there are questions about whether Saudi Arabia is moving away from the American axis. It is clear that the nature of the relationship between Riyadh and Washington does not allow to cut ties or get rid of dependence between the two sides, but the steps that the Saudis have taken in order to converge and strengthen relations with the rivals and enemies of the United States such as China, Russia and Iran are practically on the path away from the American orbit. Placed.
Naturally, Iran, Russia and China are the 3 main parties that can benefit from the new policy of Saudi Arabia. In addition, other Arab countries such as Egypt, which is struggling with a severe economic crisis, feels that in a more open space it can strengthen its military relations with Russia and lean towards this country.
