Putin and Jinping more popular than Biden in the Middle East and North Africa
| The findings of a survey show that the popularity of the presidents of Russia and China in the Middle East and Africa is much higher than their American counterpart. |
report Mehr News Agency According to Rashatoudi, the findings of the Al-Monitor survey in cooperation with the data processing company “Permis” show that in the range of countries including Egypt, Turkey, Iraq and Tunisia in the period from March 4 to 22, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin was much more popular than Joe Biden, his American counterpart.
According to this survey, compared to 10 years ago, Moscow and Beijing play more important roles in the Middle East and North Africa and within a decade In the future, they can become a fierce competitor of American influence in these regions.
2 thousand 670 people participated in this survey in the four mentioned countries, and to the question, who among Putin, Biden and Xi Jinping Which one do they prefer, the President of China answered. The choice of 44.4% was Putin. 33.8% chose Jinping and only 21.7% chose Biden.
Putin was more popular than the other two options among the four studied countries, especially Egypt (51.6). Biden was also slightly more popular in Iraq, but he is still chasing Putin (35.5) and Jin Ping (35.3) in this country with 29.2 percent.
Al-Monitor has written that the popularity of Washington and Biden has decreased because of their support for the Gaza war. The answers of the participants in the survey about which of Washington and Moscow would be more successful in mediating the Middle East conflicts fluctuated, so that 30% of Washington and 28% of Moscow consider it more successful. However, more than 40% agree with the approach that America is “still better equipped to resolve the Gaza war.” This figure was 27.9% for Russia and 13.4% for China.
About half of the respondents believe that Russia (49.5) and China (47.9) Compared to 10 years ago, they play a more important role in the Middle East and North Africa. According to them, within the next 10 years, Beijing can compete with America in the Middle East with a role of 28.9%.
Respondents also said that they prefer the government of their respective country with Beijing (43.2) and Moscow (39. 7 percent) to establish closer relations. Only 29.7% of participants wanted closer cooperation with Washington. Two-thirds of them believe that China’s economic investment in their country has had a positive impact on the economy, and 52.3% consider economic cooperation with Russia to be beneficial. Also, 39.7% of them believe that American economic investment in their country is positive, and 29.8% consider this investment to be negative.
