In response to US President Joe Biden’s ’empty-handed return’ from his trip to the Middle East without any clear results in relation to increased oil production, Chinese state media pointed out that “the influence of the United States in the Middle East is diminishing.”
The Global Times, a sister newspaper of the People’s Daily of the Communist Party of China, quoted an expert on the 18th, saying, “U-turning to become friendly with Middle Eastern countries when the United States is in an oil crisis exposes the selfishness and hypocrisy of the United States to Middle Eastern countries further.” “President Biden’s failure to meet his key goals and his return home empty-handed demonstrates the diminishing influence of the United States in the Middle East,” he said.
“President Biden’s visit to the Middle East is futile and shameful,” he said. There is nothing,” he smirked.
The newspaper also said, “President Biden’s trip to the Middle East is not to solve the problem, but rather to create greater dissonance in regions already engulfed in conflict. It will be difficult,” said Zhu Weili, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at Shanghai International University.
“China has no enemies in the Middle East, only solid and mutually beneficial partnerships,” said Zhu. He added.
The Chinese government was also critical of President Biden’s visit to the Middle East.
“The Middle East is the land of the people of the Middle East and not anyone’s backyard,” the Chinese Embassy in Israel said in a statement on the 16th. “The Middle East is not yet at peace.”
“The people of the Middle East want development and security above all else,” he said.
During his visit to the Middle East, President Biden visited Saudi Arabia, the largest oil producing country, and met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, who is in power, but requested an increase in oil production, but failed to get a definite answer.
President Biden also expressed his optimism during a briefing with Crown Prince Mohammed that Saudi Arabia would act in the coming weeks to boost global oil supplies.
However, Saudi Arabia said that the issue of increasing production was not discussed at the meeting and that oil production would follow OPEC+’s plan, not US demand, overshadowing President Biden’s request.
/yunhap news
