Biden to reassess US-KSA ties
Although US relations with Saudi Arabia have always been good, the relationship between the two countries reached new heights during President Donald Trump. However, US analysts believe that the newly elected President Joe Biden will reassess this relationship.
NBC television reports, as Joe Biden prepares to become the 46th president, it is improbable that he will make Riyadh a repeat port of call.
Biden has pledged to "reassess" the US relationship with the oil-rich, deeply conservative kingdom, and Saudi Arabia is likely to have a less privileged and personal relationship with the Biden administration than it has had with the Trump team, some analysts say.
NBC television reports that Joe Biden has repeatedly promised during his election campaign that if elected, he would end the Saudi aggression in Yemen. Biden suggested that he would stop selling weapons to Riyadh and pledged to defend the rights of political dissidents around the world, a nod to those imprisoned in the kingdom. He has also expressed a willingness to re-enter the Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran.
Saudi Arabia was notably slow to publicly congratulate Biden on his projected presidential victory. A cable was sent from King Salman over 24 hours after American media called Biden's win.
The delay was not unexpected. Amity between the two countries had grown especially warm under Trump and Saudi Arabia's de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. From the start of his presidency, Trump cultivated Saudi Arabia and placed the kingdom at the heart of his Middle East policy, backing its stance against Iran and encouraging its purchase of US-made weapons.However, the report, which aired on NBC television, said that "everyone who has spoken to Biden thinks that the United States has a strategic relationship with Saudi Arabia. Source:https://www.daily-bangladesh.com/
