New cracks in Saudi-US relations

  Mohammed bin Salman, the heir to the throne of Saudi Arabia, is ready to establish a partnership with a company owned by the Chinese government to close a contract to build a nuclear plant in Saudi Arabia if negotiations with the United States fail. Earlier, the Wall Street Journal quoted Saudi officials and reported that China's National Nuclear Company known as "CNNC" has proposed to Riyadh to build a nuclear reactor in the eastern region of the country, near the border. and Qatar and UAE. The President of China and the heir to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United States is not alone in this matter, as even the Zionist regime, which has initiated a great effort to establish official relations with Saudi Arabia, now and after the Riyadh government mentioned the issue of obtaining the power of nuclear being the prerequisite for establishing a relationship with that hostile regime, the issue has created a big discrepancy in Israel and thus exacerbates the internal conflicts that are increasingly gnawing at Israel. When we return to the issue of the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, we see that the existing evidence shows that the relationship is weakening day by day, and Saudi Arabia is looking for new and alternative partners in the Middle East region and the world.

 The Telegraph newspaper has written in relation to the issue that, now after 13 years, there have been changes in the world and new alliances are emerging rapidly. In an increasingly polarized world, Saudi Arabia is looking for other security partners who are not plagued by chaos and instability during elections, or who are less critical of Saudi Arabia on human rights issues. Over the past 15 years, Washington's dependence on Persian Gulf oil has decreased significantly, and on the other hand, domestic energy production has increased to such an extent that the United States currently imports less than six percent of its oil needs. from Saudi Arabia. On that basis we can say that, the "oil versus security" equation, which was an important pillar of Saudi-American relations for decades, has now disappeared and no longer exists. The tension in the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States gained momentum when the Saudi leaders decided to reduce oil production despite the White House believing that it had agreed with Riyadh on increasing the production of the product.

President Joe Biden of the United States and Bin Salman On the other hand, the strong relationship between Riyadh and Beijing shows changes in foreign oil markets. China has become the largest importer of Saudi oil in 2022 by buying 1.75 million barrels per day. Saudi Arabia's oil giant, Aramco, has also increased its multi-billion dollar investment in China. Saudi Arabia's desire to become a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS group and the invitation of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to join the BRICS group show another image of how these two countries continue to separate and be far from the United States. The relationship of countries like the UAE and Saudi Arabia and China in the BRICS system and even the Shanghai Cooperation Organization shows that, the main partners of Western countries in the Persian Gulf have set foot on the path of new collaborations and develop relationships with all communities and groups; and with a proper understanding of the process of changing the balance of power and increasing the number and weight of important non-Western players in today's world,

Saudi Arabia and the Emirates are trying to work with all countries and groups and not deny themselves the benefits of having relationships with players and groups another. In that context, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have distanced themselves from the US approach on issues such as oil production, the war in Ukraine, and their relationship with Iran and Syria. It seems that Saudi Arabia, knowing that it should not put all its eggs in the basket of Western countries, wants to have an independent position and be more independent in the economic and political system of the future world. Due to the joining of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the BRICS group of countries, the alliance now includes the world's leading oil producers and exporters, and this will enable BRICS to have a better position in eliminating the US dollar currency.