Approach to the regions two oil rich adversaries saudi Arabia And Iran more pressure on the saudis, more engagement with tehran. My guest is the influential boss of Saudi Arabias Al Arabiya English News channel, mohammed alyahya. Have the Saudis Forfeited Americas unstinting support . Mohammed alyahya in dubai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Would you accept that life has become much more difficult for Saudi Arabia under the presidency in Washington Ofjoe Biden than it was under Donald Trump . Ithink, you know, us saudi relations have always had their ups and downs and, you know, disagreement between the united states and Saudi Arabia has never reached 100 . The disagreements that we saw under the Obama Administration are very similar with the disagreements were seeing today, that notjust Saudi Arabia, but other regional actors have with the biden administration. Namely, it is, you know, appeasing the iranian regime, returning to t
Now on Bbc News. Hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Month by month, us president Joe Biden is shifting away from Trump Era foreign policy positions. But how dramatic will the pivot be . In the Middle East, there are signs of a changed approach to the regions two oil rich adversaries, Saudi Arabia and iran. More pressure on the saudis, more engagement with tehran. My guest is the influential boss of Saudi Arabias Al Arabiya English News channel, mohammed alyahya. Have the Saudis Forfeited Americas unstinting support . Mohammed alyahya in dubai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Would you accept that life has become much more difficult for Saudi Arabia under the presidency in washington ofJoe Biden than it was under Donald Trump . Ithink, you know, us saudi relations have always had their ups and downs and, you know, disagreement between the united states and Saudi Arabia has never reached 100 . The disagreements that we
More news at the top of the hour. That is it from me. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Month by month, us President Joe Biden is shifting away from trump era Foreign Policy positions. But how dramatic will the pivot be . In the middle east, there are signs of a changed approach to the regions two oil rich adversaries, saudi arabia and iran more pressure on the saudis, more engagement with tehran. My guest is the influential boss of saudi Arabias Al Arabiya english news channel, mohammed alyahya. Have the saudis forfeited americas unstinting support . Mohammed alyahya in dubai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Would you accept that life has become much more difficult for saudi arabia under the presidency in washington ofjoe biden than it was under donald trump . Ithink, you know, Us Saudi Relations have always had their ups and downs and, you know, disagreement between the United States and saudi arab
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