Joe Biden vows penalties for Saudi Arabia after OPEC publicizes oil reduce

US President Joe Biden has pledged “consequences” for Saudi Arabia after it partnered with Russia to announce a reduce in oil manufacturing final week.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Oct 12, 2022 09:39 IST

US President Joe Biden pledged “consequences” for Saudi Arabia after it partnered with Russia to announce a reduce in oil manufacturing. (File Photo)

By India Today Web Desk: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday pledged that “there would be consequences” for Saudi Arabia after it partnered with Russia to announce a reduce in oil manufacturing final week.

Biden, in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper,stated that he believed it was time to rethink the US relationship with Saudi Arabia.

I’m within the course of, when the House and Senate will get again, theyre going to must theres going to be some penalties for what theyve performed with Russia, Biden stated.

The resolution by the Saudi-led OPEC+ oil cartel to chop manufacturing final week prompted anger on the White House, the place officers stated Biden was personally upset by what they known as a shortsighted resolution, CNN reported.

The transfer, which got here three months after Biden visited Saudi Arabia and met its de facto chief Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has the potential to lift gasoline costs within the weeks forward of Novembers midterm elections, CNN reported.

Lets get straight why I went, Biden stated. I didnt go about oil, I went about ensuring that we made certain that we werent going to stroll away from the Middle East,” Biden stated.

According to Reuters, Biden’s announcement got here a day after highly effective Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stated the United States should instantly freeze all cooperation with Saudi Arabia, together with arms gross sales.