Saudi Arabia tries to shed 'pariah status,' remaking itself as a key middleman in global conflicts

Saudi Arabia will host a key summit Tuesday attended by both Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is trying to repair relations with Washington after his disastrous Oval Office bust-up with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

It’s another soft-power coup for Saudi Arabia, which has deliberately cultivated a reputation as a diplomatic go-between. Whether it’s hosting American officials for negotiations to end the Ukraine war, orchestrating talks about the future of Gaza or rolling out the red carpet for Trump’s first foreign trip, Saudi Arabia has emerged in recent years as an unlikely global power broker.

Analysts also point out that Saudi Arabia, alongside so-called middle or swing powers, such as India, Brazil and South Africa, has been able to maintain its relationship with both the United States and China while being seen as aligned with either.

Bin Salman has also been central, spearheading an epic-scale infrastructure project called Vision 2030, a plan to diversify Saudi’s oil-dominated economy with a series of ambitious infrastructure projects.

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Saudi Arabia tries to shed 'pariah status,' remaking itself as a key middleman in global conflicts

As Ukraine and the U.S. take another shot at diplomacy, their choice of venue will represent yet another soft-power coup for their Saudi hosts.

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[Margery]

MBS aka the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia or Bin Salman for short, is one to keep an eye on. I don't mean he fits the AC profile, he most certainly doesn't but he is one of the power players in the world right now and I watch his career with interest as Saudi Arabia is part of the Sheba and Dedan prophecy of Ezek 38.

In this case he's inserting himself into US diplomacy, just as he has with anything to do with Israel.

In this case this puts him on the side of Ukraine, against Russian interests, trying to help Ukraine out a bit. That is interesting because it reflects the same attitude described in Ezek 38 when Sheba and Dedan along with Tarshish and company are the ONLY nations that even blink at Russia invading Israel.