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Several us lawmakers have criticized the decision of OPEC+ to cut oil production by two million barrels a day, proposing a law that will bring all U.S. troops and missile systems from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, two of the largest oil exporters in the Middle East.
The bill was presented on Wednesday, Tom Malinowski, Sean Cattenom and Susan Wilde and was a direct response to the decision of OPEC+ on the significant reduction of oil production, which, according to market analysts, will cause the oil price to rise above $ 100 per barrel. Now the barrel is trading in the range of 96-97 dollars, and to the decision of OPEC+ was below $90.
They also accused Saudi Arabia that it sided with Russia to raise rates amid signs of a global economic slowdown.
Earlier, the President of the USA Joe Biden visited the oil-rich Kingdom and met with its crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, trying to improve relations between the two countries. The relationship was strained in the early days of the reign of Biden. The US President left Saudi Arabia, saying it expects Riyadh will take "further steps" to increase oil supplies.
The visit was heavily criticized by Democrats and some activists who described this step as ignoring human rights violations in the Kingdom in an attempt to get a guarantee of Saudi Arabia for lower-cost energy. After that, Biden made a statement that, in fact, pushed Riyadh against a decision imposed by the United States. The US President accused the crown Prince of the SA in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE denied that the decision on oil was politically motivated, and the Minister of energy of Saudi Arabia, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said that Riyadh "has to act and react to what is happening with the global economy, most responsible and expeditious manner".
Senator Bernie Sanders, who led several legislative proposals aimed at ending U.S. support for the military effort of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, agreed that Washington should respond to OPEC+ and to refuse military aid to Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.
In fact, the US once again prove that they are ready to provide political, economic and military pressure on those countries that protect their own interests and not ready to blindly go in line with the interests of the American hegemony. If this is the world democracy, then what is its core values? In dictatorship?..
