It is a change of course in the particularly turbulent history of relations between Tehran and Riyadh.
A Saudi delegation arrived in the Islamic Republic of Iran on Saturday to discuss the reopening of the kingdom's diplomatic representation in the Iranian capital, two days after a historic meeting in Beijing between the heads of diplomacy of the two countries.
This all-out rapprochement comes in application of the famous “tripartite” agreement, sealed a month ago between these two heavyweights in the region and China, after seven years of rupture.
On March 10, the three countries created a surprise by announcing the start of an unprecedented truce from Beijing, confirming by this measure the rise of China as a new regional player, against a backdrop of American disengagement.
"Chinese mediation took us by surprise
," concedes a Western diplomat on condition of anonymity.
“We knew
, she recalls,
that talks had started in Baghdad, in…
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