Sullivan: Biden does not intend to meet bin Salman at the G20 summit in Indonesia

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has announced that President Joe Biden has no plans to hold a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the G20 summit in Indonesia days later.

Sullivan made the remarks to reporters as Biden left the UN Climate Change Summit (COP27) in Egypt to attend the annual U.S.-ASEAN summit and the East Asia Summit in Cambodia, before attending the G20 meeting in Indonesia that begins on Sunday.

US President Joe Biden does not plan a sit-down meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman when the Group of 20 industrialized nations meet in Indonesia in coming days, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday.

Sullivan made the remarks to reporters as Biden departed the COP27 United Nations climate change summit in Egypt for the annual US-ASEAN summit and East Asia Summit in Cambodia, before attending the G20 gathering in Indonesia starting on Sunday.

Biden met with the crown prince in July. The Saudi-led OPEC+ cartel months later cut oil production in a blow to the Biden administration’s efforts to contain domestic gas prices and inflation.

A month ago, Biden has decided to reconsider relations with Saudi Arabia after the latter’s decision to support the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) the cut in global crude oil production.

E.M