Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Saudi Arabia for a visit. Here’s what that means as Beijing aims to expand its influence in the Gulf, and why that’s important.
, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters this week that China is trying to deepen its level of influence in the Middle East in ways that"are not conducive to preserving the international rules-based order."
Bernard Haykel, a professor of Near Eastern studies at Princeton University who has had ties with the Saudi royal court,news website that China is eroding Washington's role as a regional powerbroker. He noted that China, which has ties with Iran, has positioned itself as a partner to Gulf Arab states by supplying weapons like armed drones that the United States has refused to do.Gulf Arab officials have long expressed concerns that the U.S.
Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz and Chinese President Xi Jinping sign documents during a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday.Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz and Chinese President Xi Jinping sign documents during a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday."Gulf leaders understand that the current geopolitical situation invites, it permits a kind of, you know, opportunism on their part," he said.
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