Maha Mohammed Sharif
The most important thing that can be seen in the reactions is about the impact of the return of diplomatic relations severed since 2016, between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iran and the dimension it bears after negotiations led by China. Many Arab countries welcomed the Chinese mediation and described it as a success for bringing points of view closer.
Here it must be said that what happened is a major shift in ensuring stability and security in the region, and Beijing’s mediation is an important start for the Chinese role and influence in the Middle East in addition to its global role. It will remain very important by going through the experience and putting it to the test of reality.
And the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a country that knows the engines of history and sees the future clearly, with its basic data such as the will for progress and change, status, and security, political and economic weight. However, the formatting continued in the power file.
And just as coexistence with ancient regional times represented an interactive and complementary relationship, it may be repeated today and become possible to carry a positive perception of all possible scenarios. It requires skill in managing contradictions and subjugating them to public interests to maintain the position of peace and dialogue in all dealings, and this requires relentless international efforts to Ensuring a long era of peace in the Middle East region that preoccupied the world’s political and economic leaders, as China was able to do what was difficult for Russia or France to do or America, and just as Washington puts its interests above all else, let us work on the interests of our region and the rapprochement of partners in the continent and neighbors in Region.
This is what will ultimately result in an important step that reflects the desire of the two countries to move from the official estrangement to a normal path with all its opportunities and challenges, and to enhance cooperation and Iran’s response to implement its nuclear obligations and intensify its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the next stage of the life of the agreement is important to prove Tehran is committed to stopping support for terrorist groups in Yemen and Lebanon in particular.
These initiatives came as part of Beijing’s attempts to deal with the pressure on it due to the dispute between Tehran and Riyadh, by virtue of China’s interests with both sides, as it relies heavily on Saudi Arabia for its energy supply, as well as it has strong economic ties with Iran, and the same applies even to Beijing’s interest. With its interests in the Middle East, especially Gulf oil, investment opportunities in the energy sector in Iraq, and the infrastructure in Syria, the world today is not only walking, but flying across borders due to its technical convergence and the increasing means of communication and speed.