President Joe Biden’s visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is “so pivotal” for developing the partnership between both countries…reports Asian Lite News
President Joe Biden’s visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is “so pivotal” for developing the partnership between both countries and ensuring mutual, and global peace and prosperity, said Princess Reema bint Bandar, KSA’s ambassador to the United States.
“It has been almost 80 years since the founder of my country, King Abdulaziz, met with President Franklin D. Roosevelt to lay the foundation for a postwar Middle East,” Princess Reema bint Bandar stated in an opinion article published by Politico on Thursday.
“Since that day, our two countries worked together to defeat Soviet communism, guarantee global energy security, contain a revolutionary Iran, repel Saddam Hussein from Kuwait and, more recently, destroy Al-Qaeda and Daesh,” she wrote in Politico as quoted by Arab News.
Princess Reema added that the Kingdom and the US need to do a great deal more as partners “in these very perilous times.”
“As my nation develops, so too, must the US-Saudi partnership. And that is why the upcoming visit by President Joe Biden to Saudi Arabia is so pivotal. For our relationship to deliver peace and prosperity for both of our peoples and the wider world, we must redefine the contours of the next eight decades of this critical alliance.
“Long gone are the days when the US-Saudi relationship could be defined by the outdated and reductionist ‘oil for security’ paradigm. The world has changed and the existential dangers facing us all, including food and energy security and climate change, cannot be resolved without an effective US-Saudi alliance,” she said.
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She said the Kingdom is no longer just a global leader in energy, but also in sustainable development, the Arab News reported.
She also called for more cooperation on counterterrorism and cracking down on terrorists, but said more should be done than just tackling this danger.
“We must offer the people of this region greater hope for the future, and that is why our reimagined partnership encompasses cooperation from emerging technologies to joint space exploration. Given Saudi Arabia’s status as the cradle of Islam, the reverberations will be felt from Nigeria to Afghanistan.”
“The past couple of years have demonstrated the inherent volatility of our age, from global pandemics to food, energy, and supply chain crises.” She added that Saudi Arabia is “approaching these challenges with a new mindset,” as it believes “that the global transition to renewables can happen only if we all work together to manage this transition in a manner that ensures energy security and global economic growth.”
