The leaders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have declined calls from US President Joe Biden for several weeks, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday citing officials in the Middle East and the United States.
The messages of dissatisfaction sent by Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and Emirati Shiekh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan come as the two leaders share concerns over the American response to recent missile and drone strikes from Yemen, claimed by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
The two nations are also reportedly disappointed with the state of negotiations in the ever-nearing Iran nuclear deal, according to the WSJ.
The deal, which IAEA chief Rafael Grossi called “very complex,” does not account for Saudi and Emirati security interests, they claimed.
The US has been pushing to repair its relations with the two nations as it looks to stifle an oil crisis. Biden announced a ban on Russian oil imports on Tuesday as gas prices reach all-time highs globally.
“There was some expectation of a phone call [between Biden and MBS], but it didn’t happen,” an American source told WSJ, adding that the call was intended to focus on “turning on the spigot [of Saudi oil].”
In addition, support from the Middle Eastern oil giants is increasingly important to the US in order to create a united front against Russia due to its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Saudi Arabia has long been disappointed with its reportedly deteriorating relationship with the US since Biden was sworn in, according to the report. Along with more support in Yemen, the Saudis are reportedly seeking assistance with their own civilian nuclear program, in addition to clarification on MBS’ legal position in the US due to lawsuits filed over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
In an interview with The Atlantic earlier this month, the Saudi crown prince commented on his relationship with Biden, stating he “does not care whether Biden misunderstood things about him.”
Biden should be “focusing on America’s interests,” MBS said, adding that he “does not have the right to lecture America and the same goes the other way.”
However, MBS also reiterated that Riyadh’s objective was to maintain and strengthen its “long, historical” relationship with the US.
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How much more of a mess is this guy going to create? Our domestic problems are bad enough, but we are losing respect all over the world on top of it. The people standing in line as successors of Biden are no better/ I wish we could declare an emergency measure to get someone in the Oval Office who knows what the hell they are doing.
Slo joe’s handlers know EXACTLY what they are doing. Their goal is the complete destruction of the United States, and they are well on their way to accomplishing it.
AND all with the complicity of the FECKLESS useless GOP.
stolen elections have even more consequences.
we have become a banana republic who is full of liars,traitors and fools who follow them.
This nation may as well not even HAVE two political parties, with how ONE WANTS to ruin us, and the other, seems to be too SCARED TO DO a damn thing to stop it..
Joe Biden and his don’t drill for oil in the United States, traitors. The idiots that voted for Biden are witnessing the destruction of the middle class and our Country turning communist.
After humiliating himself on the world stage with his precipitous, disastrous withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and restarting JCPOA negotiations with the enemy of both Israel and the Arab Gulf States, why is anyone surprised that Joe Biden’s pathetic attempt to phone the leaders of both Saudia Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to beg them to increase oil production would be coldly rebuffed? Biden’s weak, destructive foreign policy appears to be guided by the following principle: Make friends of enemies and enemies of friends.
If F… Joe Biden need 20,000 armed soldiers and razor wire fences around the Capital to protect Biden’s inauguration from the people.
Then Biden probably was NOT elected by the people.
If F… Joe Biden need razor wire fences around the Capital to protect Biden’s first State of the Union speech from the people.
Then Biden probably was NOT elected by the people.
So just exactly how did we get this corrupt, demented, bumbling idiot as the puppet president of the U.S.???? 🙁 🙁 🙁
I don’t blame the Saudis for not talking to Bite-Me Biden. I wouldn’t talk to him either.
They need to tell Joe to put the REAL BOSS on the phone !
Yea, Soros (or obama)..
President Biden – irrelevant.