In a matter of days, Saudi Arabia carried out blockbuster agreements with the world’s two leading powers—China and the United States. Know more:
WASHINGTON—In a matter of days, Saudi Arabia carried out blockbuster agreements with the world’s two leading powers—China and the United States.
The White House scoffs at the idea that the big aircraft deal signals a significant change in the status of the administration’s relations with Riyadh after Biden’s fierce criticism early in his presidency of the Saudis’ human rights record and of the Saudi-led Opec+ oil cartel move to cut production last year.
Now, Washington and Riyadh seem intent on moving forward, and at the moment when China is at least dabbling in a more assertive Middle East diplomacy. But privately White House officials are skeptical about China’s ability, and desire, to play a role in resolving some of the region’s most difficult crises, including the long, disastrous proxy war in Yemen.
Beijing swooped in on the Iran-Saudi talks at a moment when the fruit was already “ripening on the vine,” according to one of six senior administration officials who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private White House deliberations. The Iran-Saudi announcement coincided with Chinese leader Xi Jinping being awarded a third five-year term as the nation’s president.
The administration officials said that Beijing has shown modest interest in reviving the seven-party Iran nuclear agreement—of which it is a signatory—that President Donald Trump withdrew the US from in 2018. The Biden administration put efforts to revive the nuclear agreement on hold last fall after protests broke out in Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody for allegedly flouting Iran’s strict dress code for women.
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