Dubai, the United Arab Emirates -Saudi Arabia, said the kingdom would like to invest $ 600 billion in the United States over the next four years.
Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia in 2017 defeated the US President’s tradition to the United Kingdom as an overseas trip. He also emphasized a close relationship with his government and rulers in Gulf countries, which are rich in oil, as real estate companies with the same name are pursuing transactions throughout the region.
A comment from the Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman was reported by a state -owned Saudi Arabia news agency on the beginning of Thursday and called Trump. It was the first call of Trump with foreign leaders since Monday.
“The Crown Prince has confirmed the intention of the kingdom to expand its investment and expand trade with the United States with a potential of $ 600 billion for the next four years,” said the Prince. I am.
Reading did not explain in detail where the investment and trade could be placed. In recent years, the United States has been increasingly separated from relying on Saudi oil exports, which was once a rock in their relationship, for decades. Saudi Arabian Soblinwealth Fund has a large -scale interest in American companies, while watching sports.
However, Saudi Arabia mainly depends on US weapons and defense systems, which can be part of the investment.
The White House has issued a statement in which two leaders called for “stability in the Middle East, strengthened local security, and discussed efforts to fight terrorism.”
“In addition, they have discussed the international economic ambitions of Saudi Arabia in the next four years and the trade and other opportunities to increase the mutual prosperity between the United States and the Saudi Kingdom.”
The Crown Prince, the de facto ruler of the kingdom rich in petroleum, talked to Secretary of State Marco Rubio early Thursday.
On Monday after taking office, Trump talked about going to the kingdom again as his first foreign trip.
“The first foreign trip was usually done in the UK, but I agreed to buy a product worth $ 450 billion, so I did it last time,” Trump told an oval office journalist. “If Saudi Arabia wants to buy another $ 450 billion or $ 500, I will raise it for all inflation. I think it will probably go.”
Trump’s travel to Saudi Arabia in the new semester, while the White House spokeswoman Calorin Livit told a journalist on Thursday.
Trump’s visit to the kingdom in 2017 has moved a long -term boycott in four Arab countries, including the kingdom.
Trump has maintained a close relationship with Saudi Arabia, even after Prince Mohamed was involved in the murder and dismantling of Jamal Kashogogi in Istanbul in 2018. The kingdom has been discussing with the Biden administration for many years with the Biden administration on more broader transactions in exchange for US defense and other support.
A 600 billion dollar pledge, which is WAR for many countries, has been facing the pressure of its own budget. The world’s petroleum price has fallen a few years later from the height of the colonovirus pandemic, affecting the income of the kingdom.
Meanwhile, Prince Mohamed also wants to continue a $ 500 billion project in Neom, a new city in the western desert in the Red Sea Saudi Arabia. Before holding the 2034 FIFA World Cup, you need to build a new stadium equivalent to tens of millions of dollars and infrastructure.
However, Trump spoke to the Davos’s world economic forum in the latter half of Thursday, suggesting that Saudi investment could be even higher.
“I will ask the fantastic man, the fantastic man, to end it up to about $ 1 trillion,” Trump said in a video call. “We think they will do so because we were very good for them.”
-Washington’s related reporter Michel Price has contributed to this report.
