Will the decision of OPEC Plus cause differences in the relations between Saudi Arabia and the UAE?
Western media reported in reports that the new decision made in OPEC Plus to reduce oil production could cause differences in relations between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.
“Arabi21” news-analytical website has republished an analytical report from the British newspapers “Guardian” and “Financial Times”, which deals with the general consequences of OPEC+’s decision to reduce oil production; This newspaper suggests that if Saudi Arabia insists on such a decision, Saudi relations with the United Arab Emirates will be strained.
In the explanation of this analysis, it is stated: The consequences of the OPEC Plus decision to cut oil production in unprecedented amounts continue to increase in the region and the world, which is expected to cause obvious changes in international relations. The effect of this decision was not limited to the relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia, but it seems that it may also extend to the relations of this kingdom with its most important Arab ally, the UAE.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says that OPEC member countries have secretly told the United States that they are against Saudi Arabia’s decision, but they feel compelled to support Saudi Arabia’s approach.
According to the report of the English newspaper Financial Times, the UAE and Iraq did not want to continue the decision of Saudi Arabia and Russia to reduce oil production, because the representatives of the two countries expressed doubts about this decision at the OPEC+ meeting. Citing several sources who were present at these meetings, the newspaper added that when the Abu Dhabi representative was unable to stop the process of making this decision, he tried to postpone it, but he failed to do so.
Other well-informed sources have informed the Wall Street Journal that the United Arab Emirates is against the reduction of oil production and has secretly asked for a one-month delay in this decision in order to cooperate with the US request. In the days leading up to the Oct. 5 OPEC+ meeting in Vienna, Emirati officials have been in extensive contact with their Saudi and American counterparts to try to block such a decision, they said.
