Thread by @Salansar1

#Breaking: #SaudiArabia and #Iran agreed to resume relations via #Chinese mediation. According to #Iranian media sources.

It's such a big and bold geopolitical move in an extremely sensitive time. Let's wait and see how things will unfold.

Now, it has just been confirmed officially by #SaudiArabia through 3 parties' statement, which thanked the #Chinese mediation process etc.

https://twitter.com/spagov/status/1634170547884945409?t=vMT9W2w2ChDiFbHpxTme8Q&s=19

This move has an unprecedented global strategic implications; the #US may praise the move publicly but deep down they will be blown by the new reality on the ground which is the fact that #China has become a political power in the Middle East rather than an economic one alone.

This will also result into limited US options with regards to using Iran as a tool against Saudi Arabia through the US long time tactic of "Low Intensity Conflict" and " Stratigic Balance"

The US, as the security guarantor of the Middle East, may not be the case anymore in practical terms, China's success in the Saudi-Iran mediation will cause a humongous shift in the security apparatus in the Middle East.

China is the biggest trading partner for Saudi Arabia , the US is second. The US is the biggest security partner of Saudi Arabia as of yet, but it seems China is working hard to become the actual security partner with the Kingdom through politics rather than selling weapons.

The real question is what concessions #SaudiArabia managed to get from Iran; with regards to many conflicts caused by its #IRGC militias in #Iraq, #Syria, #Lebanon and most importantly #Yemen.

And what can #China guarantee ?