The Independent: ‘Very bad sign’ that Joe Biden ‘won’t be welcomed by Saudi senior royal’.
A Saudi-based expert said the rank of the royal greeting the US president on the tarmac doesn’t matter.
Reports that Joe Biden will be welcomed in Saudi Arabia by a lesser-ranked member of the royal family have fuelled [sic] theories that his meetings in the Middle East will not go as well as he plans.
The US president is expected to be met on the tarmac by Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the deputy governor of Mecca, before attending the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit where a number of issues are to be discussed.
In contrast, Mr Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump was welcomed by King Salman Bin Abdulaziz when he landed in Saudi Arabia in 2017.
“This is a very bad sign,” European Council on Foreign Relations research fellow Dr Cinzia Bianco tweeted.
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Mr Biden has said, in an op-ed in The Washington Post, that he aims to “reorient – but not rupture – relations” with Saudi Arabia, an assertion that has garnered criticism after he pledged during his presidential campaign to make the country “the pariah that they are” for the murder.
But China isn't a pariah because it's a gravy train for the Biden family. Detractors and Chinese who are critical of the CCP are never killed or go "missing" and never seen again. Is that how it works, Joe?
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