After showing eyes to America, Saudi Arabia is now lying red carpet for China

Two months after jolting US President Joe Biden over his demand to increase oil production, America's ally Saudi Arabia is now rolling out the red carpet for Chinese President Xi Jinping. Chinese President Xi Jinping is on a much-anticipated visit to Saudi Arabia from December 7 to 10. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying has said that here, along with the opening ceremony of the China-Arab States Summit, Jinping will also attend a meeting with the Gulf Cooperation Council of six Arab countries. Jinping's visit to Saudi Arabia is taking place at a time when the relationship between Saudi Arabia and America is getting sour and under the leadership of Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia is now seen moving closer to Russia and China. Saudi Arabia, which is completely dependent on America for its defence needs, is considering this change very important abroad.

Saudi Arabia has said that trade agreements worth about $30 billion will be signed between the two countries during Jinping's visit. Energy and infrastructure deals are said to be among the priorities of both countries. The summit will provide an opportunity for both Xi and Prince Mohammed to showcase the Gulf's deepening ties with Beijing. It will also underline how far US-Saudi relations have deteriorated.

According to Ali Shihabi, a member of the advisory board of Saudi Arabia's Neom megaproject, Jinping's visit is the culmination of a deep strengthening of relations between the two countries over the past few years. Shihabi did not stop at saying that America is concerned about this but for this, we cannot slow down an already strong relationship.

US-Saudi relations hit a low in October when US President Joe Biden accused Riyadh of collaborating with Russia to cut oil production and threatened consequences. US-Saudi trade declined from $76 billion in 2012 to $29 billion last year, and China is now the largest buyer of Saudi Arabia's crude oil, accounting for 17 percent of China's oil imports. Is. In fact, the US no longer imports much oil from the Middle East and meets much of its fuel needs with crude from its own shale industry. Gulf regional oil exporters will be eager to know about China's plans as China eases Covid restrictions.

Last month, China's ambassador to the UAE, Zhang Yiming, said that talks on a free trade agreement between China and the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council were entering a "final stage". Experts say that Arab countries no longer see the US as a reliable partner and are looking for new options in the new multipolar world.

US President Joe Biden had talked about reviewing relations with Saudi Arabia on the issue of cutting oil production. In such a situation, it is believed that America can now reduce its forces from the Arab region. If this happens, Saudi Arabia will be at risk of an attack by Iran's army and Yemen's rebels, from whom the US has been claiming protection. At the same time, Saudi Arabia has also been dependent on America for the supply of its weapons. But because of obstruction from the US Congress in the past days, America is not even exporting arms to Saudi Arabia. For this reason, Saudi Arabia now also needs a new arms supplier country, whose shortage can be fulfilled by China.

The US court has given great relief to Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the journalist Jamal Khashoggi murder case. The Federal Court has dismissed the case against him. In this case, filed by Khashoggi's fiancee, the US government argued in court that Salman cannot be prosecuted. This step of the US government is being seen as an exercise to improve relations with Saudi Arabia.

US President Donald Trump made the first visit to Saudi Arabia after becoming the President. Whereas Joe Biden has been seeing the Crown Prince as guilty of murder in the Khashoggi murder case.