'They chose to back up the Russians, drive up oil prices...and there's got to be consequences,' Senator Chris Murphy said about Saudi Arabia.
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy has proposed transferring U.S. weapons slated for Saudi Arabia to Ukraine in the wake of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' decision to cut oil production., the senator from Connecticut said that"there are two practical, immediate changes the U.S. can make to Saudi policy that will have a near term impact on the war in Ukraine."
That includes halting future arms sales to Saudi Arabia, as well as moving Patriot missile batteries currently in Saudi Arabia to either Ukraine or to"We should also take swift steps in the near term that will provide immediate help to Ukraine and our allies in eastern Europe," Murphy, a member of theForeign Relations Committee, said in a statement."The U.S.
The U.S. is scheduled to deliver 280 AMRAAMs to Saudi Arabia that should instead be sent to Ukraine, he said.'s trip to Saudi Arabia in July, which included negotiations for increased oil production. "The establishment will argue that if the United States were to recalibrate its relationship with Riyadh, Saudi Arabia might cut off oil deliveries or more openly align itself with China or Russia," Murphy wrote in an op-ed in."But neither would be in Saudi Arabia's interest. The country still needs our oil markets."
Senator Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on June 9, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Murphy has proposed transferring U.S. arms from Saudi Arabia to Ukraine in the wake of the OPEC decision to cut oil production.
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