Saudi Arabia’s defense minister, Khalid bin Salman, has rejected claims that the kingdom has sided with Russia in its war with Ukraine following OPEC’s decision to slash oil production by 2 million barrels a day.
Taking to Twitter on Oct. 16, the defense minister re-tweeted a post from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dated Oct. 14 in which the leader thanked the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, for supporting Ukraine’s territorial integrity and voting to condemn Russia’s annexation of large swaths of the country.
Saudi Arabia pledged $400 million in humanitarian aid for Ukraine on Saturday.
“We agreed to interact in the release of prisoners of war. We agreed on the provision of macro-financial aid to Ukraine,” Zelenskyy wrote following a phone call with the crown prince….