Russia should not have used counter-weapons as an option.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN on Sunday that NATO alliances and other countries, including China and India, have a duty to send a clear and decisive message to Russia that it should not even demand the use of weapons in the war against Ukraine as an option. .
When asked to be nominated by President Joe Biden, it was said that in Russia low-yield tactical weapons or exploding them in the Black Sea are less serious than the use of a more powerful bomb, Sullivan, that such a comparison is “dangerous” and that the president will not to do this.
“The use of nuclear weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine is the use of reduced weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine, there is no difference,” Sullivan added.
On the Biden administration’s decision in response to Saudi Arabia’s decision to cut oil production, Sullivan said the president will read various options, including changes to the original US security aid to Riyadh.
Sullivan clarified that no change in US-Saudi relations is foreseen as long as Biden repeats their reassessment.
As a reminder, one day after OPEC+’s large share of the population announced weight cuts, despite US objections, Biden announced her intention to take action to arrest Saudi Arabia for supporting weight loss with Russia. The move by OPEC+ undermines the plans of Western countries to impose a limit on Russian oil as part of the agreement.
Biden’s options “include changes to our approach to security assistance to Saudi Arabia, but I’m not going to get ahead of the president.” Let me just say that so far nothing definite has been decided,” Sullivan said, suggesting that Biden has time to draw up with Congress.
Sullivan added that Biden has no plans to meet with the de facto Jordan of Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, at the November G20 leaders’ summit in Indonesia.