US Senate Dan Sullivan has said that he is working with Senator Kevin Kremer on a bill expected to garner support from the Senate, which provides for the withdrawal of all US forces and missile defense systems from Saudi Arabia, unless Riyadh plays a constructive role in restoring stability to oil markets.
Sullivan added - in a statement to the American "CNBC" - that if the Saudis do not move, the strategic relationship between Washington and Riyadh will change, and that the choice is up to Saudi Arabia.
On the other hand, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said - on Wednesday - that there are no plans at this time to communicate between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz about the situation in the oil market.
Peskov added that the two countries are not holding talks on the oil market at the present time, and that those talks may be prepared quickly if necessary.
On the other hand, US President Donald Trump said that the price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia led to a large surplus in oil quantities, and a sharp drop in prices.
He added that he had telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, and that he would personally intervene at the appropriate time.
The Reuters news agency had revealed earlier that senior US officials froze at the present time a proposal that was being discussed within the White House, to establish a US-Saudi alliance to manage the global oil market.
Reuters quoted three informed American sources that the idea of an "American Saudi" alternative to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is one of the ideas of the National Security Advisers in the American administration.
The sources said that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Energy Secretary Dan Browell discussed the idea of an alternative OPEC alliance with President Trump's national security adviser, but nothing was decided.
It is noteworthy that six Republicans in the US Senate - including Dan Sullivan - had been accused, on March 27, of Saudi Arabia and Russia of waging a war against the United States through oil.
Republicans said - in a message they sent to the US Secretary of State - that the kingdom chose the timing of the spread of the Corona epidemic and the economic crisis to settle accounts in the oil market, stressing that Saudi Arabia's motives may be multiple, including punishing Moscow, and destabilizing long-term investments in America.
The message came at a time when Saudi Arabia (the largest oil exporter) raised its production in order to dump crude markets, after Russia refused to join an agreement with OPEC countries to reduce oil supplies and push their prices higher, in light of the weak global demand resulting from the consequences of the Corona epidemic.