Facing the US media forced, Saudi Minister: I oppose China as the enemy of China

On the past weekend, Saudi Foreign Minister Fasal and Foreign Minister Adel Jubail have been interviewed by the US media. Jubail said recently that the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States and China does not exclude each other and will continue to strengthen relations with the United States and China. Fasal said in an interview that he did not support the view that China was regarded as an enemy.

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Jubael, who has just been appointed Saudi Climate Affairs, said: "We establish a bridge with people and do not think that one is mutually exclusive. We hope to deal with everyone and hope to contact everyone. What we do. "

Jubail said: "China is our biggest trading partner, and China is now a huge energy market. China is also a huge source of investment sources in Saudi Arabia. On the one hand, the United States is obviously our number one partner. "

The report pointed out that Jubail's conversation happened to be published in the context of the first visit to the Middle East after the U.S. President Biden took office. One of the destinations of Biden's trip to the Middle East is Saudi Arabia, and the task is to repair the tension between the two countries. Saudi Arabia has been regarded as a strategic allies in the United States, while Biden has been condemning the country's infringement of human rights for many years.

The report pointed out that the Bayeng government has another long -term purpose: persuading Saudi Arabia and the UAE to rely on the United States to provide security and military equipment Gulf countries to help the United States isolation Russia and China. Since the Obama administration wants to shift the focus of the United States from the Middle East to Asia, the Middle East country has begun to expand its relations with China and Russia, especially China. Now China is already the largest trading partner in Saudi Arabia and its largest oil buyer.

On July 16, local time, in an exclusive interview with the United States CNN, CNN asked him to express his views on relations with the United States, Iran and China.

CNN reporter Nick Robertson used Saudi Arabia to purchase weapons and equipment from the United States many times. He hoped that Fasal could make a statement on Saudi Arabia's position in China and the United States. Robertson mentioned: "We all know, President Bayeng's About ( In the new strategy of the Middle East), he regards China and Russia as enemies ... "

"I don't think ..." Fasal responded, and after a moment of pause, he said, "I have never heard of Biden describing China as an enemy. I don't support this view."

Fasal told CNN: "I don't support this view"

On July 14, the US President Biden, who was visiting Israel, met with the Prime Minister Ripid that the United States would continue to play leadership in the Middle East and will not allow China and Russia to fill the "vacuum" and violate the United States and benefit. On the 16th, in the coastal city of Western Saudi Arabia, Bayeng claimed: "Please allow me to make it clear that the United States will continue to maintain a partnership in the Middle East." Russia or Iran is filled with vacuum. "

The US media CNBC reports that many regional officials and analysts believe that they cannot blame these Middle East countries to try to bet on a few sides, especially when China is such a favorable trading partner and investor, and Saudi Arabia and another crude oil export The difficult relationship between Russia and Russia allows Saudi Arabia to have greater control over the oil market.

Nevertheless, the scale and depth of the United States and Saudi Arabia in terms of political, military and economic relations means that both parties have obvious interest in maintaining this relationship that lasts for nearly a century. Jubail said: "Saudi Arabia and the United States face history and contemporary issues, as well as regional challenges, and maintaining relations with the United States is very important to deal with these issues."

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