Biden folded the high oil price, and the White House confirmed that the president visited Saudi Arabia in July

Jimu Journalist Song Qingying

Recently, international crude oil prices have risen, and the US petroleum crisis has deepened. According to CNN, the price of oil that has not lived has "swallowed" the White House. On June 14, local time, the White House confirmed that Biden will visit Saudi Arabia in person next month. The report said that Biden broke the promise during the campaign.

Biden (picture source Turkey Daily News)

The White House stated that Biden will visit the Middle East from July 13th to 16th, first go to the west bank of Israel and Jordan River, and then go to Gada, Saudi Port City. It is expected that Biden will meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. Essence

The White House press secretary Kalin Pillor said: "The president looks forward to this important visit to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is a strategic partner in the United States in the past eight years."

The White House statement also stated that during the visit of Saudi Arabia, Biden will discuss a series of bilateral and global issues with the Saudi Crown Prince. The two parties will discuss the means of expanding regional economic and security cooperation, including new and promising infrastructure and climate initiatives, as well as issues such as promoting human rights and ensuring global energy and food security.

CNN pointed out that Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia will completely overthrow his campaign promise before he came to power. At that time, Biden called Saudi Arabia as a "pariah" and declared sanctions on Saudi human rights.

After coming to power, Biden also refused to meet with Saudi leaders, and the relationship between the two countries was very cold.

Last weekend, Biden insisted in an interview with reporters that his visit to the Middle East has nothing to do with global energy prices. Biden said: "Saudi Arabia's commitment has nothing to do with energy", "it happens to be held in Saudi Arabia a large -scale meeting, which is related to their national security."

However, Biden also visited Saudi Arabia at the expense of "face", which is difficult to say that it has nothing to do with the energy crisis. After all, this is not the first time Biden begged Saudi Arabia for oil prices.

In March of this year, in order to stabilize the price of crude oil, Biden tried to speak with Saudi and the UAE leaders, but was rejected by leaders of the two countries.

Since the beginning of 2022, international crude oil prices have risen. Under the influence of the Russian crisis, crude oil prices broke through the $ 100 mark per barrel, with a maximum of more than $ 130.

Last weekend, the United States reached an average of $ 5 per gallon gasoline, and the issue of high oil prices became the biggest challenge facing During the term of Waiden. Although the "OPEC+" Alliance announced the moderate increase in oil production this month, this change may have limited impact on US oil and gas prices.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are the only two Middle East countries that can produce millions of barrels of oil. Saudi Arabia is the world's number one oil exporter. If Saudi Arabia indicates that oil production is increased, it will play a key role in stable oil prices.

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