March 13, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The Cradle reveals confidential clauses of the agreement struck between Tehran and Riyadh, which was reached courtesy of Beijing. Under Chinese auspices, on 10 March in Beijing, longtime regional competitors Iran and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement to restore diplomatic relations, after a break of seven years. In its most …
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March 13, 2023 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient, South East Asia
For those within the Anglophile world, the recent agreement cut between Saudi Arabia and Iran, brokered by China, received scant reporting. The deal re-establishing relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran after a seven-year hiatus, may potentially become a major pillar for stability within the region. Relations turned sour when the …
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March 12, 2023 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient, South East Asia
Coalition and opposition leaders are trading accusations over which government is to blame over the relations-renewal deal between Tehran and Riyadh. An unnamed senior Israeli political official blamed former Prime Ministers Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett Friday for the China-brokered deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran renewing diplomatic relations, following …
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March 12, 2023 Eurasia, India, Iran, Middle Orient, South East Asia
This decision by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to boycott a conference in India is a reminder of political, economic and military tensions between the two South Asian countries. By boycotting a foreign policy conference in New Delhi in February, Iran’s foreign minister may have made latent contradictions in the …
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March 12, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Top US Gen. Milley delivered “unprecedented message” to Israeli officials, warning that internal chaos and growing tensions in the West Bank could endanger the country’s strategic relations with the United States. TEL AVIV — Two Israeli Arabs from the towns of Ramle and Kuseife turned themselves in to the police …
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March 12, 2023 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient, South East Asia
The deal to resume diplomatic ties was brokered by China and follows Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Beijing. Saudi Arabia and Iran have agreed to resume bilateral relations, in a rare breakthrough brokered by China. The two countries will also reopen their embassies after years of diplomatic freeze. The …
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March 12, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient, South East Asia
In response to the noble initiative of His Excellency President Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, of China’s support for developing good neighborly relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran; And based on the agreement between His Excellency President Xi Jinping …
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March 12, 2023 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
The reconciliation between Iran and Saudi Arabia is going to endow the regional and Muslim nations with enormous capacities, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said. In a post on his Twitter account on Friday, the top Iranian diplomat referred to the rapprochement between Tehran and Riyadh, saying, “The return to …
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March 12, 2023 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
The Saudi-Iranian agreement achieved with Chinese mediation is a significant development in regional geopolitics, containing an unprecedented commitment from the Iranian side of respect for sovereignty, non-interference in internal affairs and restoring security cooperation. If Tehran keeps its end of the bargain this could be a true game-changer, heralding an …
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March 12, 2023 Afghanistan, Eurasia, South East Asia
The new Republican-controlled House of Representatives has begun its investigation into America’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Mike McCaul, best summed up the logic behind the investigation: “What happened in Afghanistan was a systemic breakdown of the federal government at …
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