Gulf States Are Trying to Stay Neutral

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The united arab emerets defied the us. Its long time partner, and abstained from a u.N. Vote condemning russia's invasion of ukraine. They were joined by china and india on that one. The gulf states might have disagreed with that, but they saw that there was certainly a commitment from russia. You get what you see.

The International Energy Agency will hold an emergency meeting to discuss whether to release oil from strategic stocks to offset rising energy prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian financial markets have descended into turmoil after western sanctions over the weekend struck the country’s financial system, and gulf states are staying neutral when it comes to the war in Ukraine.

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