World Desk, AnyTV, Washington
Published by: Harendra Chaudhary
Updated Wed, 09 Mar 2022 02:15 PM IST
Summary
President Joe Biden is planning to visit Saudi Arabia. There they will discuss ways to maintain the normal supply of crude oil around the world. But White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki declined to confirm the news on Monday.
President Joe Biden’s initiative to extend a ‘hand of friendship’ to Venezuela and Saudi Arabia in the midst of the Ukraine crisis has been embroiled in controversy. Due to the sanctions imposed on Russia, the price of crude oil and natural gas is at a record level in the Western countries. It is said that in an attempt to get relief from him, the Biden administration has extended its hand towards these two countries.
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Last Saturday, a team of US officials went to Venezuela, where they had direct talks with President Nicolas Maduro. This visit took place despite the fact that the US does not consider the Maduro administration to be the legitimate government of Venezuela. On the contrary, it has recognized the leader of the opposition, Juan Gerardo Guaido. After talks with US officials, Maduro told his party meeting that the meeting took place in an atmosphere of goodwill and talks would continue. But he did not give much information about this. White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki also confirmed the meeting, but declined to elaborate.
Biden will go to Saudi Arabia!
Meanwhile, the American website Axios.com has reported that President Joe Biden is planning to visit Saudi Arabia. There they will discuss ways to maintain the normal supply of crude oil around the world. But White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki declined to confirm the news on Monday. However, he acknowledged that US officials had visited Saudi Arabia last month, where they also discussed issues related to energy security.
Saudi Arabia and Venezuela are among the major oil producing countries. A sign of warmth in the Biden administration’s stance towards these two has come at a time when US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has asked to stop oil imports from Russia. Russian crude oil and gas imports have been excluded from the sanctions imposed by Western countries so far. It is said that before stopping the purchase of oil and gas from Russia, these countries want to take alternative measures.
America should insist on increasing oil production
But this initiative of the Biden administration is being criticized by the President himself in the Democratic Party. Party MP Ilhan Omar said in a tweet that Biden has turned a blind eye to Saudi Arabia’s war crimes in Yemen. He said- ‘Our relationship with Saudi Arabia should not be strengthened because of Putin’s immoral war, which has created the world’s worst humanitarian tragedy in Yemen.’ Democratic Party candidate from New York for the next election to the House of Representatives and Progressive leader Melanie D’Ario has said that the US should take advantage of this opportunity to reduce its dependence on petroleum, so that the environment can be protected.
In contrast, Republican Party leaders have said that the US should increase oil production in its country rather than bowing to Saudi Arabia or Venezuela. MPs Marco Rubio and Carlos Gimenez have criticized the hand-holding of the two countries. Joe Biden said during the presidential election campaign in 2020 that if he became president, Saudi Arabia would pay the price for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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President Joe Biden’s initiative to extend a ‘hand of friendship’ to Venezuela and Saudi Arabia in the midst of the Ukraine crisis has been embroiled in controversy. Due to the sanctions imposed on Russia, the price of crude oil and natural gas is at a record level in the Western countries. It is said that in an attempt to get relief from him, the Biden administration has extended its hand towards these two countries.
refuse to give details
Last Saturday, a team of US officials went to Venezuela, where they had direct talks with President Nicolas Maduro. This visit took place despite the fact that the US does not consider the Maduro administration to be the legitimate government of Venezuela. On the contrary, it has recognized the leader of the opposition, Juan Gerardo Guaido. After talks with US officials, Maduro told his party meeting that the meeting took place in an atmosphere of goodwill and talks would continue. But he did not give much information about this. White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki also confirmed the meeting, but declined to elaborate.
Biden will go to Saudi Arabia!
Meanwhile, the American website Axios.com has reported that President Joe Biden is planning to visit Saudi Arabia. There they will discuss ways to maintain the normal supply of crude oil around the world. But White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki declined to confirm the news on Monday. However, he acknowledged that US officials had visited Saudi Arabia last month, where they also discussed issues related to energy security.
Saudi Arabia and Venezuela are among the major oil producing countries. A sign of warmth in the Biden administration’s stance towards these two has come at a time when US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has asked to stop oil imports from Russia. Russian crude oil and gas imports have been excluded from the sanctions imposed by Western countries so far. It is said that before stopping the purchase of oil and gas from Russia, these countries want to take alternative measures.
America should insist on increasing oil production
But this initiative of the Biden administration is being criticized by the President himself in the Democratic Party. Party MP Ilhan Omar said in a tweet that Biden has turned a blind eye to Saudi Arabia’s war crimes in Yemen. He said- ‘Our relationship with Saudi Arabia should not be strengthened because of Putin’s immoral war, which has created the world’s worst humanitarian tragedy in Yemen.’ Democratic Party candidate from New York for the next election to the House of Representatives and Progressive leader Melanie D’Ario has said that the US should take advantage of this opportunity to reduce its dependence on petroleum, so that the environment can be protected.
In contrast, Republican Party leaders have said that the US should increase oil production in its country rather than bowing to Saudi Arabia or Venezuela. MPs Marco Rubio and Carlos Gimenez have criticized the hand-holding of the two countries. Joe Biden said during the presidential election campaign in 2020 that if he became president, Saudi Arabia would pay the price for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.