Reuters: Saudi Crown Prince, Blinken Had 'Candid' Talks in Jeddah -US Official
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had an "open, candid" conversation with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the early hours of Wednesday about a wide range of bilateral issues, a U.S. official said.
The top U.S. diplomat arrived in Saudi Arabia late on Tuesday for a much anticipated visit amid frayed ties due to deepening disagreements on everything from Iran policy to regional security issues, oil prices and human rights.
Washington has struggled to steady the relationship with Riyadh, where the de facto ruler Prince Mohammed has dominated the decision-making, and as the traditional oil-for-security alliance crumbled under the emergence of the United States as a major oil producer.
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WNU Editor: U.S. and Saudi relations are definitely strained, and one meeting between the Crown Prince and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is going to solve nothing.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.s next big trip to mend fences is China .... Blinken planning to visit China in coming weeks (CNN).
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3 comments:
The real reason that US Saudi relations have tanked was because of the the assassination of Saudi citizen Jamal Khashoggi, a "dissident journalist" by Saudi agents. The huge and overblown reaction by the western media made the Saudi's realize that the United States leadership/media was likely insane, and that it needed to re-evaluate its relationship with the US. President Biden did not make matters any better by calling the Saudi Prince a murderer. Stupid Biden.
Good comment ^
The exact same conclusion was arrived at by Beijing during the balloon hoax.
And, while his government isn't being as overt and provocative about it as KSA, India and Modi seem to have drawn the same conclusion.
Blinken stay home, you are not welcome in China.
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