In Saudi Arabia, the fate of Ukraine should choose. There, US President Donald Trump and Kreml -Baas Vladimir want to meet Putin Putin negotiations on Ukraine. Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is happy – while Europe is being pushed back into the role of the public. So also the Ukraine.
It was a bang: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin announced that they will immediately take negotiations to end the Ukraine war. While Europe and Ukraine are still struggling, the two big powers prepare the “confrontation in the desert”. Trump presented Saudi Arabia as a meeting point.
A remarkable choice that has deeper geopolitical meanings. On the one hand, it marks a diplomatic upgrade of the Saudi role in worldwide security problems. On the other hand, it can indicate a further approach between Riad, Moscow and Washington.
The Saudi crown prince has kept a remarkable balance between the United States and Russia in recent years – and has always had an eye on its own interests. As a factual head of the OPEC+, Saudi Arabia can influence the global energy market through its oil production. This power used it to coordinate production -cutbacks with Russia, and therefore to stabilize the Russian state income for war from energy exports, and to guarantee economic benefits with Washington.
Under Trump, Saudi Arabia also completed extensive weapon transactions with the US, including the infamous package of $ 110 billion in 2017. And Riyad invested millions in Trump projects. At the same time, Saudi Arabia refused the international sanctions in Russia against Moscow. While Trump and MBS drove a tough course against Tehran, Putin Iran used as a partner in Syria – but MBS always remained diplomatic in conversations with Moscow.
In the question of Ukraine, Saudi Arabia presented himself for a long time as a neutral actor who positioned himself as a possible intermediary. In 2022, Riad organized a prison exchange between Russia and Ukraine, which was considered internationally a success.
In Europe, the start of the first Trump Putin meeting causes irritation and worries. The EU was apparently not consulted and there are fears that a “deal” could take place at the expense of Ukraine. France, Germany are concerned, Poland and the Baltic States decide a negotiation solution without security guarantees for Ukraine.
Mohammed Bin Salman strives for his own goals in this constellation. Saudi -Arabia is intended to determine the mediator role as a “global player” and to organize it as an indispensable partner for both super powers.
Is it really about a peace solution?
Riad’s growing interest in the world stage shows that Saudi Arabia will be the location for this first meeting. But it remains doubtful whether this is really about a peace solution for Ukraine or a new geopolitical distribution of power. Europe and Ukraine are confronted with a serious reality: a Trump-Putin deal in Saudi Arabia could end the war, but against whose costs?
Source: Krone
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