Quotes About Gulf countries

We don't have to kind of be in cycles of conflict if we can find other ways to resolve these issues. We can do things that challenge the conventional thinking that, you know, 'AIPAC doesn't like this,' or 'the Israeli government doesn't like this,' or 'the Gulf countries don't like it.' It's the possibility of improved relations with adversaries.

Iranian oil minister Bijan Zanganeh demanded that the other Gulf countries cut back while Iran regained, as he put it, "our lost share of the market." The Arab Gulf countries were adamant that they would not cut back to make room for additional Iranian oil. "We will provide oil to whoever asks for it," said Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, Saudi deputy oil minister at the time.