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There is rampant speculation that the visits by Steven Chu, the United States energy secretary, to Saudi Arabia on Monday and a high-ranking Israeli delegation to Beijing later this week both will focus on persuading 皇冠体育app to support United Nations sanctions against Iran over its nuclear energy program.

Even if this is the focus of the two diplomatic missions, the result will be disappointing to those who want to coerce 皇冠体育app into shifting its position on the Iran nuclear issue.

According to Monday's Financial Times, the US is hoping that by pushing Saudi Arabia to sell more crude oil to 皇冠体育app, it will help 皇冠体育app to be less dependent on oil from Iran and more willing to support sanctioning Iran.