Ukraine Gets Support From Saudis With $400 Million Aid Deal

[News Junkie]

Source: Bloomberg

Saudi Arabia signed agreements worth $400 million with Ukraine on Sunday after the kingdom’s foreign minister made a surprise visit to Kyiv, a move praised by Washington.

Prince Faisal bin Farhan met President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, his chief of staff Andriy Yermak, his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, and others. He was the highest-ranking Saudi official to visit Ukraine in 30 years.

The trip comes after Saudi Arabia was accused by the US of siding with Russia in its year-old invasion of Ukraine through its oil policy. Saudi Arabia steers the OPEC+ producers group with Moscow, and Washington has said its production cuts have been detrimental to the global economy. Saudi Arabia rejects this, saying its policy is aimed at balancing global oil markets and is not political. The rift soured US-Saudi relations last year but tensions have since eased.

The agreements stipulated how Ukraine will spend some $410 million in humanitarian aid the Saudi government authorized in October, the prince told reporters.

Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-gets-support-saudis-400-071512049.html

[eggplant]

1. Why, that's 20% of what they gave to Don Jr!

How generous!

[bluestarone]

4. Exactly my thought!

Plus putting stipulations on it!

[chowder66]

5. You mean Jared Kushner?

[eggplant]

7. My bad. It's so hard to keep all the crime straight.

[chowder66]

9. Isn't that the truth!

[Lonestarblue]

2. Perhaps MBS has recognized that Trump will not become president again and it's time to curry

favor with Biden. Most world leaders also probably see that today’s Republicans are just plain batshit crazy and not people you can work with.

[Grokenstein]

10. They pine for the days when the leader of the US could be impressed with a glo-ball.

[cstanleytech]

3. I suspect this has more to do with trying to stop Putins ambition to run pipelines through

the land he is trying steal from the Ukraine and Moldova.

[elleng]

6. Sounds small, considering their pocketbook.

Interested to see what DUers think.

[Warpy]

12. I think they will still be trying to play both sides against the middle

so the support wasn't as generous as it could have been, although I have to say it it still generous.

I think it's a tacit recognition that the US has better war toys, so they don't have to worry about getting their hands on Russia's latest and greatest.

[Red Mountain]

8. I think the Saudis are not our friends

we sometimes have interests that run in parallel but they'll screw us over in a second if it suits them.

Sucking up to them has only reinforced the idea that they and their oil control us.

It no longer does.

Time to distance ourselves. They may try and interfere in our politics but I doubt that will end well for them.

[Evolve Dammit]

11. Now how much will they give Putin? Fuck SA. 19 of 21 hijackers on 9-11 were Saudis.

[republianmushroom]

13. So Ukraine gets 400 million

Jared Kushner, trumps son-in-law, got 2 billion if reports are correct. Little strange.

[Cha]

14. Surprised! Bet Zelensky is Graeful.