Efforts by President Joe Biden to hold telephone talks with the leaders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have recently failed. Has the Biden administration’s relations with these countries deteriorated?
At a time when the United States is seeking international support for the Ukraine crisis as well as efforts to stem the rise in oil prices, some Arab leaders are reluctant to talk.
The Wall Street Journal quoted Joe Biden’s officials as saying that the White House had made several attempts in recent weeks to oust President Joe Biden from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia and Emir of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed. Connected to Al Nahyan by phone but has not been successful so far.
According to the daily, the leaders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have rejected the request for a telephone conversation with the US President.
Oil prices are rising sharply due to sanctions and war in Russia, and the US president may want to reach out to Arab leaders to discuss the issue.
The Wall Street Journal quoted US officials in the Middle East and the United States as saying that the United States wanted to hold talks with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince bin Salman and UAE’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, but was told that they would hold talks with Joe Biden. You are not ready.
“We had hoped for a phone call but it did not happen,” a US official said of the Saudi Crown Prince and Biden’s plans for talks. The contact was about opening the (Saudi oil) pipeline. ” This means that Saudi Arabia has increased oil production in these difficult times, in order to control prices.
Surprisingly, White House spokeswoman Jane Sackie said in a statement that there were no immediate plans for talks between Biden and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, and that the United States had no plans to visit Riyadh. The president has no plans to travel.
