US president Joe Biden was in Saudi Arabia recently. His prime objective was to get Saudi Arabia to increase its oil output so global crude prices could be lowered. Saudi Arabia responded by telling Biden Arabia to respond. Saudi Arabia told joe Biden that any decision to raise oil output would be taken by OPEC+ a Russian oil company. With such a diplomatic shift towards Russia and China, Saudi Arabia slowly inclines toward the anti-American side of world power for profiteering. Saudi Arabia has doubled its oil imports from Russia since the war in Ukraine began. Saudi Arabia imported 647 000 tons of Russian oil in the second quarter, from April to June. During the same period last year, the gulf kingdom imported 320 000 tons of oil from Russia Russian oil, which used to go into ...
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American Support Twitches As China Diplomatically Makes Saudi Arabia Its Middle-Eastern Brother
Since the COVID-19 pandemic Xi Jinping has not left Chinese soil, his first trip outside the mainland was in June. He travelled to hong kong. Other than that, zero state visits in almost 940 days. After 940 days, Xi Jinping could be stepping out of China. Reports say Xi Jinping is travelling to Saudi Arabia. He's expected to arrive next week. Possibly to mount political pressure with the US as Joe visited the oil giant last month. Biden's visit was underwhelming, with no grand welcome or intimate displays. It was all very business-like. Reports say xi jinping's welcome will not be like what is expected. He'll make three stops in Saudi Arabia, the capital Riyadh, and the coastal resort town of Jeddah. Finally, crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman's dream project, the megacity of Neom pl
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