The “human rights” cloaks were too wide for Biden; striving to meet Bin Salman.
The US president, who criticized his predecessor for ignoring the Saudi crimes against humanity, has decided to abandon his human rights gestures and meet with the Saudi Crown Prince.
US President Joe Biden may meet for the first time in the coming weeks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his unofficial ruler, Cyan News Network reported, citing informed sources.
The attempt to hold the meeting marks a turning point in the policy of the president, who recently described Saudi Arabia as a “despised state,” according to the Siwan news website.
Current and former US officials have told CNN that Biden government officials are in talks with the Saudis to arrange a personal meeting between him and the Saudi Crown Prince next month during the US president’s overseas trip.
Sources quoted by Sihanyan point out that Saudi Arabia currently chairs the Gulf Cooperation Council, so any interaction between Biden and Boussalman could coincide with the council meeting in Riyadh.
“We should have expected something like this to happen,” a former US official familiar with the discussions about the meeting told Cyanan. “The only question is when this happens, not whether it happens or not.”
The meeting with Ben-Muslim is significant because Joe Biden, after the assassination of Jamal Khashgechi, a critical Saudi journalist by Saudi Arabia, made harsh human-critical gestures against Riyadh and tried to pretend that the United States, as The world’s human rights police are unwilling to ignore the human rights abuses of other countries and even their allies in order to promote trade and economic interests.
The talk of Biden’s reconciliation with the Saudis comes at a time when fuel prices are still rising in the United States. Biden has counted on the help of Saudi Arabia as the largest exporter of crude oil.
