Sullivan: Biden has no plans to meet with Bin Salman.
The US President’s National Security Adviser announced that the US President will not meet with the Saudi Crown Prince during the upcoming “Group-20” meeting in Indonesia.
The US President’s National Security Adviser announced on Sunday evening Tehran time that the US is reconsidering its relations with Saudi Arabia and that the US President will not meet with the Saudi Crown Prince during the upcoming meeting of the “Group of 20” in Indonesia.
According to news sources, US President Joe Biden’s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that after Saudi Arabia stood by Russia and against US interests, Joe Biden will reconsider relations with Riyadh.
Now the US president is facing growing demands from Democrats to halt arms sales and limit security cooperation with Saudi Arabia.
Diplomats and analysts say, Biden will have limited space for this action. Analysts believe that Saudi Arabia is crucial to US interests in the region, including its espionage activities and its efforts to contain Iran.
“Tom Caracco,” the director of the US Center for Strategic Studies’ missile program, said there is a strong rationale for continued cooperation between the United States and Saudi Arabia. According to him, there are common and strong interests of America and Saudi Arabia and maintaining defense and deterrence against Iranian threats between the two sides.
The Biden administration has postponed the meeting of the working group of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council and the United States, which was supposed to be held in Riyadh this month.
“Anatolia” news agency also wrote about this on Sunday night, according to a high-ranking American official, Joe Biden will not meet with “Mohammed bin Salman”, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, during the “Group of 20” meeting in Indonesia.
Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security advisor, said in an interview with “CNN” news channel: “Biden has no plans to meet with the Saudi crown prince.”
According to Anatoly, this meeting will be held on November 15-16 (November 24 and 25) in the city of Bali.
