{"id":1895,"date":"2022-10-11T18:21:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T18:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=1895"},"modified":"2022-10-11T18:21:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T18:21:53","slug":"biden-re-evaluating-ties-with-saudis-after-opec-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/1895\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden re-evaluating ties with Saudis after OPEC decision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US president is re-evaluating the US relations with Saudi Arabia after OPEC+ announced last week that it would cut oil production, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday, according to media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I think the president’s been very clear that this is a relationship that we need to continue to re-evaluate, that we need to be willing to revisit,” Kirby said in an interview with CNN. “And certainly in light of the OPEC decision, I think that’s where he is.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden is willing to work with Congress on the future of Saudi relations, Kirby added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob Menendez, the Democratic chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Monday called for a freeze on cooperating with Saudi Arabia, including on most arms sales, accusing the kingdom of helping to underwrite the Russian war in Ukraine after OPEC+ announced last week that it would cut oil production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden was disappointed in the OPEC+ decision, Kirby said, and “he’s willing to work with Congress to think through what that relationship ought to look like going forward.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“And I think he’s going to be willing to start to have those conversations right away. I don’t think this is anything that’s going to have to wait or should wait, quite frankly, for much longer,” Kirby added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The issue does not only concern the war in Ukraine but it is a matter of US national security interests, Kirby added.<\/p>\n

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