Kingdom of Saudi Arabia He has emerged as a central player in the pursuit of an intermediate peace agreement in the United States between Russia and Ukraine, and this is largely due to his political capital with its huge oil reserves.
president Donald Trump Raydeh suggested as a place to meet to start talking talks between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin agreed that the site is acceptable. For some, it may seem a curious choice, but the Kingdom of the Middle East has reasons to involve itself in finding an end to the conflict that occurs thousands of miles from its borders.
For Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, the mediation in peace negotiations would help consolidate his position as a global leader. It also provides him with a leg of Qatar, who was strongly involved in negotiations between Israel and Hamas. Since 2023, Qatar has also helped facilitate the return of dozens of Ukrainian children who were transferred to Russia during the war.
Trump cited the relationship of each of the Saudis with the Saudis in his statements. “We know the crown prince, and I think it will be a very good place,” he said.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Bandar Algaloud/For the sake of the Saudi Royal Court/Al -Bayan via Reuters)
This is why Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Wittouf, has occupied a seat in the front row in US trading in Eastern Europe. Witkoff hit Moscow this week and returned The house with Mark VogelAn American teacher who held the Kremlin on charges of bringing the medical marijuana to Russia in 2021. Prince Muhammad is attributed to his “automated” role in mediating the release.
Trump said in a social post in fact on Wednesday, and he determined the Foreign Minister Marco RubioDirector of the CIA John Ratcliffe, and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and Wikkov to lead the peace negotiations, but they failed to mention the special envoy who originally rented him for the mission, retired general Keith Kelog. This post came after he spoke over the phone with both Putin and Ukrainian President Foldimer Zellinski.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the world's largest oil exporter and plays an important role in developing global prices. The rise in oil prices leads to more revenues for the Kremlin from Russia's private exports.
In 2024, Russia achieved $ 108.22 billion of oil and gas sales, or more than 26 % of the previous year, according to Reuters.
Trump has suggested that he was a place to meet to start face -to -face talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Mikhail Metzel/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump has repeatedly pressed the countries in the OPEC coalition to flood the oil market and reduce the global price, believing that Russia will be more open to negotiations if the war treasures are exposed.
“At the present time, the price is high enough until this war continues,” Trump told CEOs at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month.
“You have to reduce the price of oil,” he said. “This will end that war. You can end that war.”
The Trump team is much closer to the Saudis more than the Biden administration, although the relations may strive Trump's plan to remove the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the neighboring nations and take over the region. However, Bin Salman has pledged to invest up to $ 600 billion in the United States during the next four years.
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Trump and Zellinski (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nightson)
Trump, who spoke to Bin Salman before his statements in Davos, said he would ask, “The Crown Prince, a wonderful man, to revolve around him to about a trillion dollars.”
The Saudis and Ukraine have a joint enemy in Iran, which has long been providing Russia with drones and other ammunition.
“The Houthis (backed by Iran) have deployed Iranian weapons against Saudi Arabia, and targeting critical infrastructure, including oil pipelines and airports,” said Daniel Palace of the Da`wah group Razom to Ukraine. “In fact, the repeated Houthi attacks against very urban targets such as Khamis Mositit in Saudi Arabia were a prelude to Russia's use of drones against Ukrainian cities.”
In May 2023, Bin Salman Zelinski invited to speak at a meeting of Arab leaders in Jeddah. Later that year, Zelenskyy and Bin Salman held closed talks with diplomats from 40 countries when the war ended, but Russia did not participate.
Putin thanked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in August for its role in negotiating the swap of the most comprehensive prisoners since the Cold War, which received the release of 26 people.
