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Shireen Mazari calls out Trump's ignorance on US role in destabilising ME
Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Friday hit back at United States (US) President Donald Trump's tweet in which he complained that despite the 'protection' afforded to Middle Eastern countries by the US, they continue to raise oil prices.
President Trump in a tweet on Thursday said: "We protect the countries of the Middle East, they would not be safe for very long without us, and yet they continue to push for higher and higher oil prices!" he said. "We will remember."
In 2016, major oil producers both within and outside OPEC agreed to slash production in an attempt to boost prices following the 2014 oil market crash.
The US withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran earlier this year, after which it reimposed sanctions on the Islamic republic that had been suspended in return for controls on Tehran's nuclear programme.
India and China, Iran's top buyers, have also distanced themselves from Tehran ─ after Trump warned importers to stop buying oil from Iran or face US sanctions ─ leaving its crude output the lowest it's been since July 2016.
A new set of US sanctions is due to hit Iran's oil industry on November 4, while Venezuela, another OPEC founding member is also under sanctions from Washington.
Describing the oil cartel as a "monopoly", the US president in his tweet issued a fresh call on the OPEC members to lower their crude prices, reminding them that the US is providing certain Middle Eastern energy giants with security.
"The OPEC monopoly must get prices down now!" Trump wrote.
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We protect the countries of the Middle East, they would not be safe for very long without us, and yet they continue to push for higher and higher oil prices! We will remember. The OPEC monopoly must get prices down now!
In a strongly worded response to the US president, Mazari wrote: "Surely there is someone in Washington DC who can teach him [President Donald Trump] history and how [the] US has historically destabilised the Middle East with its support for illegal Israeli expansionism and unbridled militarism!"
Read: Israel’s man in the White House
She added: "Also oil comes primarily from west Asia and Gulf, not Middle East! He should also be told about OPEC member states!"
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Iraq, Algeria, Libya and Ecuador are other countries that are part of OPEC, in addition to Iran and Venezuela.
Shireen Mazari@ShireenMazari1
https://twitter.com/ShireenMazari1/status/1042980665623343105
Surely there is someone in Wash DC who can teach him history and how US has historically destabilised the ME with its support for illegal Israeli expansionism and unbridled militarism! Also oil comes primarily from West Asia & Gulf not ME! He shd also be told abt OPEC mbr states!
Donald J. Trump
✔@realDonaldTrump
We protect the countries of the Middle East, they would not be safe for very long without us, and yet they continue to push for higher and higher oil prices! We will remember. The OPEC monopoly must get prices down now!
9:35 PM - Sep 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/ShireenMazari1/status/1042980665623343105
Surely there is someone in Wash DC who can teach him history and how US has historically destabilised the ME with its support for illegal Israeli expansionism and unbridled militarism! Also oil comes primarily from West Asia & Gulf not ME! He shd also be told abt OPEC mbr states!
Donald J. Trump
✔@realDonaldTrump
We protect the countries of the Middle East, they would not be safe for very long without us, and yet they continue to push for higher and higher oil prices! We will remember. The OPEC monopoly must get prices down now!
9:35 PM - Sep 20, 2018
Oil prices steadied on Thursday after Trump's call on OPEC to "get prices down now!", slowing after an upward surge that had pushed the market towards four-year highs.
Source:
https://www.dawn.com/news/1434270/s...umps-ignorance-on-us-role-in-destabilising-me
