DECRYPTION – The American president obtained nothing during the Arab summit organized by the Saudi Mohammed Ben Salman.
Nothing about energy. Almost nothing on the rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Israel, nor on a new regional security architecture against Iran. The result of Joe Biden’s tour of the Middle East seems very meager. The only tangible achievement of his three-day trip to Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Saudi Arabia, where he took part in a summit on Saturday alongside the six leaders of the Gulf, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq, was the finalization of an agreement for the return to Arabia of two uninhabited islands in the Red Sea, property of Egypt, and the American commitment to send out its soldiers, members of a United Nations contingent. In addition, on Friday evening, on his arrival in Jeddah, the American president had to resolve to a very controversial meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Salman, the very one he condemned to loathing two years ago, for his involvement in the assassination of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi at the consulate…
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