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Biden Meets w. Saudi Crown Prince On Arriving In Jeddah

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US President Joe Biden has met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman at the Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, 'fist-bumping' one another in an apparent show of cordial relations after early in his presidency Biden said that he would make Saudi Arabia a 'pariah' following the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Turkey several years ago.

  • There are widespread expectations that Biden will attempt to convince the Saudi's to engage in greater oil production to relieve pressure on US consumers at the gas pumps, but this is seen as unlikely to bear fruit given Saudi's stated commitment to OPEC+ production commitments.

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