Biden warns Saudi Arabia of consequences following oil production decrease

“will have some consequences for what they have done, with Russia”, the American president said in an interview for CNN. I'm not going to get into what I was going to consider and what I had in mind. But there will be consequences. ”

The remarks signalled a dramatic abandonment of Biden's recent efforts to seek a rapprochement with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and cast doubt on the future of US-Sud Australian security relations.

Earlier in the day, John Kirby, spokesman for the National Security Council, said that Biden believes the US should see “review bilateral relations with Saudi Arabia and see whether this relationship is where it should be and that it is serving our national security interests”, adding that re-evaluating this situation is becoming “in light of the latest OPEC decision and the leadership of Saudi Arabia”.

The Ores+ Group's decision of the oil cartel and its allies to reduce oil production due to White House objections was a double blow to Biden, undermining his attempt to cut Russian revenues by lowering the price of oil and threatening an increase in gas prices several weeks before the congress elections. The decision was even more serious after Biden followed made a deliberate trip to reconciliation with the crown prince in Saudi Arabia in July.