CIA chief secretly visits Saudi Arabia, Beijing has become the backer of Crown Prince Salman, and it is difficult to reproduce the old relationship

On May 4, 2022, more than two months have passed since Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine. Although this war only involves Ukraine and Russia, in the past two months, the Western camp has continued to suppress Russia from all levels, and has also carried out a series of weapons and equipment against Ukraine. Aid, and now is also an era of economic globalization, so now it is definitely not only Ukraine and Russia that are affected by this war. Moreover, the relationship between the United States and the Middle East has also become the focus of many countries. The CIA director visited Saudi Arabia secretly in April, but the former relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia is difficult to reproduce. Some experts pointed out that our country is currently It may become a big backer of Crown Prince Salman.

The relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia has been very close for a long time, and the petrodollar system in the world today has helped the United States establish the global hegemony of the dollar, and this system is also established with the support of Saudi Arabia . The view and system of "oil for security" has also supported the alliance between the United States and Saudi Arabia for decades, but for now, the relationship between the two sides has undergone new changes. As far as the current interests of the United States are concerned, this relationship may have begun to become outdated. The relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia has begun to gradually cool down, and even Saudi Arabia has canceled the US visit plan. It can be seen that the two sides have reached a new turning point.

In fact, the signs of deterioration in the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia are not in the recent period. As early as when Biden took office, Biden said that he would isolate Saudi Arabia from the international community. With the outbreak of the war between Russia and Ukraine, Saudi Arabia not only refused to stand in the side of the United States to suppress Russia, but also rejected the request of the United States to increase oil production, which made the United States very annoyed. However, the CIA director's secret visit to Saudi Arabia last month also means that the two sides have the intention of repairing this relationship.

Saudi Arabia refused to answer calls from the United States to increase oil production to express its attitude, and Saudi Arabia also canceled the plan of the United States to visit Saudi Arabia. This move has brought the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States to a freezing point. It is worth noting that Saudi Aramco plans to establish a new cooperative relationship with our country in terms of energy, and Saudi Arabia also proposed that in the future, when we conduct oil trade with us, RMB can be used for settlement. At the beginning of this year, the foreign ministers of the four Gulf countries visited our country and sent an unusual signal to the outside world. This time, after the oil trade between Saudi Arabia and our country can be settled in RMB, the petrodollar system will be in jeopardy.

Although the secret visit of the CIA director to Saudi Arabia this time is the United States' renewed desire to continue to establish its own position in the Middle East, but now we may have become the new backer of Crown Prince Salman, and the former relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia may be difficult to reproduce. . Now, with the intensifying U.S. crackdown on Russia, the premise of trading oil for security between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia may no longer exist. In addition, after Biden came to power, he never had any meetings and conversations with Crown Prince Salman, let alone fulfilled his original promise to recognize Salman's status, which also made Saudi Arabia no longer trust the United States. new crossroads.