Soude crown prince mohammed bin salmon has been on an asia trip all week. The delegation cemented a ten million s dollar dill for a refining and petro chemical complex china. China is very important to the kingdom because it's become, overtime, the greatest purchaser of soudy oil. And they start talking even about military equipment that soudy rabiu could buy from china.
In the past, President Biden has called Saudi Arabia a “pariah” for its human rights abuses and said that he would never meet with its de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
But Mr. Biden’s first trip as president to the Middle East included talks with the prince. What prompted the change in course?
Guest: Ben Hubbard, the Beirut bureau chief for The New York Times.
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