A worker in an oil field in Saudi Arabia. Archival photoDOHA, April 20, Yulia Troitskaya.U.S. Gulf allies the UAE and Saudi Arabia no longer want to rely solely on Washington for their foreign policy, but their alliances with Russia or China depend on those countries’ positions in the global system, says Al «Jazeera» in Qatar Hawas al-Taqiyya. As the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing US and Saudi officials, tensions between the US and Saudi Arabia have reached an all-time high with the crisis in Ukraine. Earlier, the kingdom did not respond to the US request to increase oil production in order to achieve a decrease in demand in the world market, among the measures directed against Russia.Disagreements between the US and Saudi Arabia have reached a peak, media reported «The UAE and Saudi Arabia are moving away from their alliance with the US, having lost confidence in Washington due to the lack of a desired response to threats related to national security, in particular threats emanating from Yemen or Iran. They consider it beneficial for themselves to maintain good relations with all world powers, and not just with the United States, having a successful experience of cooperation with Russia, in particular, in stabilizing energy markets and strong trade relations with China,» the RIA Novosti expert said. , in his opinion, the leading countries of the Persian Gulf are unlikely to completely fall out of the US zone of influence, since in any case they are unlikely to have a similar alternative to ensure their security, since Russia and China are unlikely to be able to assume the role of guarantors of their security in the foreseeable future. security. In addition, Al-Taqiyya recalled, the UAE and Saudi Arabia have economic relations with the United States and other Western countries that penetrate deep into their economic systems. «Saudi Arabia holds $ 700 billion in the United States, and Washington seriously opposes any changes in trade relations between them, associated with the replacement of the dollar,» he added. In addition, according to the expert, how long the course of moving away from the United States and rapprochement with other influential world players will be, not only depends on the choice of the UAE and Saudi Arabia themselves, but also on the geopolitical situation in world, as well as on the boundaries that America will set for them. «Whether this trend of moving away from the alliance with the United States will become permanent, or it will be short-lived, depends not only on the desire of the UAE and Saudi Arabia themselves. It is also related to how the position of other major powers like Russia and China will become stronger in the world system.If they manage to strengthen their positions in the international arena, there is great faith The possibility of greater involvement of the Persian Gulf countries in their orbit, but in the event of a weakening of their positions, the Arabian monarchies may again return to the Western camp. Also, the longevity of their policy of supporting different poles is connected with the boundaries that the US will set for them,» al-Taqiyya concluded. decided to leave the United States and join the union of Russia and China
