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Mar 10 4 tweets 2 min read
UPDATE: #Saudi - #Iran resume relations

• Deal announced today
• Brokered by China
• Re-Opening of embassies
• Al-Aiban, Shamkhani, Wang Yi
• White House: Good for Yemen
• Iraq, Oman roles al-monitor.com/originals/2023…
Hard to understate significance of this, coming on heels of China's improved roles w Saudi &Iran.

US official told @AlMonitor it "welcomes any efforts to help end the war in Yemen & de-escalate tensions in the Middle East region."

Talks between Saudi & Houthis are advancing.
But the crux of this is China: its biggest diplomatic breakthrough in GCC region. Chinese negotiator Wang Yi brokered the deal.

Can China offer guarantees? Will this hold? Time will tell.
Last note on what’s also interesting here:

• Saudi reopens embassy in Iran before Syria, via China mediation
• Talk of Saudi - UAE rift in Yemen
• Israel’s Netanyahu quiet,after saying from day one he wants to normalize with KSA

Geopolitics of MENA region see another toss

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