emirates to according to the view that saudi arabia and the importance of the latter for saudi arabia, as well as the relations that the uae has with the islamic republic of iran , it is possible to pursue the normalization of relations with the zionist regime, but we should definitely not be able to answer the questions of the united states of america and the regime. the zionists should not accept this agreement and we must pay attention to it. they definitely have their own strategies. the united states of america announced a neutral reaction to the creation of an alarm for the father of america's singing in the western region . they will have reciprocity perhaps saudi arabia and i will force, considering that saudi arabia as an actor is acting based on its own interests, we should also realize the danger that maybe saudi arabia will play in several arenas, that is, both in agreement with iran and in the direction of normalizing relations. with the zionist regime, therefore, the risks should also be taken into our attention, which means that it is possible that the relations of the

now for the saudi arabia. so the idea has, we have seen a pattern of frustration with king, with, by the administration over the past 2 years, which led saudi arabia to diversify. it's the security of partners and with other players. we have seen this in the voting job in the you and you can war and not taking the position that united states wanted to take. and the increase of how does the action to the energy needs that decrease through all the production levels that the u. s. in was in desperate need for it, so that saudi is looking at the east also to diversify. i think there's also links to, to china where to china, kim white time, right? moment like place is to where, with, and saudi arabia specially because out, because china has become in a difficult position where having to choose between iraq and saudi arabia and china found that the only solution to this is that brings the 2 parties together in order to maintain it, economic interest will go feature and the amount of the same time. and for that we ar

neither you nor saudi arabia. ok. and for that reason you only for her by china had to broke out of this to try to get that. and i think it's prematurely to say that china is a national bank. henry, what was it you wanted to say? yeah, my colleague makes very, very good points. the key issue here is the united states could not have made this deal. the united states simply couldn't the united states doesn't have the relationship with iran to make this kind of deal that makes the united states not be indispensable country in terms of conflict resolution. and we saw china at the same time, really go on a diplomatic offensive throughout europe and with ukraine. now, china's ability to broker big deals in the middle east and elsewhere is really center stage and the united states is not. so i agree with my colleague, i'm many at his point, i do not think it china's giving up it's neutrality, but i think the neutrality that china has ambient, along with its money and its diplomatic wherewithal is really put in china center s

and saudi arabia has applied for membership. perhaps they will use that as, as a more multilateral cooperative platform to address issues like that. but i think the other key issue involving saudi arabia, which is very, very important in the united states, is that saudi arabia is now focus less on iran, you the program, and more on it's on what it has made clear is that it was the united states to give it the green light to give saudi arabia the green light to build out its nuclear program and for it to have a full nuclear cycle with full enrichment. that would be a tremendous development that may not be so positive for the region and could potentially auger a new, a new kind of arms raised in the region and something that the u. s. administration is seriously considering it would be a dramatic change in policy. abraham, i've got about a minute and a half left of the program here. the one thing the steel does show us is that saudi arabia is determined to conduct of foreign policy, independent of the west. what, what are the impl

president, having regard to the discussion saudi arabia and the request made by saudi arabia regarding the effect of relations was actually presented, and of course this issue has a long history that the negotiations that took place in iraq and other negotiations that took place in other countries all indicated that several rounds of talks between iran and saudi arabia were held . here, in fact, china requested mediation and accepted the proposal of the saudi side. mr. president zanzi said that considering that this will has been expressed many times by the other side and that you are also related to the issue, this request can be agreed to. meetings were held after the trip. and finally, this mission to mr. shamkhani debir dear national security council, it was given to start these negotiations after a week of quiet friends with the delegation that they have, who are negotiating in detail from various fields, and today finally reaching an agreement, the main focus of this agreement is on bilateral relations, and in in fact, the issue of fire has existed to a sufficient extent in vario

this deal, harold's a new chapter in the middle east, bitter rivals, iran and saudi arabia agreed to restore diplomatic ties all in secret. with chinese mediation, he shoes the after her cannon her we have been here in beijing for 6 days. i held talks of my saudi counterpart that led to the agreement to normalize relations. we agreed with saudi arabia to open a new page based on the interests of the 2 countries and, and on regional security, and to promote stability instead of exacerbating tension. so we hope this will contribute to the establishment of security and development in the region. the historic agreement will see both nations exchanging envoys. 7 years after severing relations. china's role revived a process that brought together officials from both countries in iraq and oman. during 20212022. i did on the agreement basically focus on the respecting the international law. the agreement also talk about the vienna teacher with regard to the development and political and diplomatic facilities. so that is also important . it talks about respect of the sovereignty of the state,

israel and saudi arabia has, according to american sources, presented its conditions, how they would do it. and they are asking for american security guarantees. so it doesn't look like the saudis field, they are moving away from the united states. they are looking for a more balanced position in the gulf between east and west, as they are geographically located between east and west. remains to be seen how that is perceived in washington. daniel, galen middle east analysts. thank you so much for your time. thank you. ah, germany isn't shock after a mast shooting at a jehovah witnesses center and the city of hamburg. regional authorities have called at the worst crime in the recent history of the northern german hit city. the gunman who killed himself 6 people and an unborn baby has been identified as a 35 year old former member of the congregation. his motive remains unclear, but police officers say they recently received an anonymous tip off about his mental state. as the investigation continues, the community where the shooting unfolded mourns its victims. undertake has removed th

the saudi arabia has traditionally been allied to the united states. can this be seen as m b s jumping ship and aligning himself with china, russia, and iran, instead? i think of the saudis, these relationships are not mutually exclusive. and i'd say that saudi arabia has rather been a protege of the united states than a real ally, because saudi arabia itself did not contribute much to the american security in the region. however, it presented certain american interest. there is no love between joe biden and mom had been so mom, but i think the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia go beyond the personal relationship. i think there is another, another factor, the united states, one of the saudi arabia, to normalize with israel and saudi arabia has, according to american sources, presented its conditions, how they would do it. and they are asking for american security guarantees. so it doesn't look like the saudis field, they are moving away from the united states. they are looking for a more balanced position in the gulf between east a

in this statement, while thanking iraq and oman for hosting the talks between iran and saudi arabia in the last two years, china is also thanked for hosting and supporting these talks . karmi, an expert on saudi issues. hello, i am at your service. the news of the agreement between iran and saudi arabia to resume diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies will be prepared in the next two months and will be at the top of the world news. you have hello and respect, the religious answer is to serve you and dear viewers. this was an important development in the deadlock between iran and saudi arabia, which since 2013 , saudi arabia has taken a new approach to breaking ties in an atmosphere of intense tension between the two peer countries. the conflict and hostilities, therefore, returning from widespread to a conventional competition, which is the nature of the relations between iran and saudi arabia, is one of the biggest events that can make the middle east region undergo important changes in the current situation, and this process of regional irony, which in the current situation

in many cases, saudi arabia was the pioneer in meeting with trump in 2017, and the same way that saudi arabia hosted the meeting in 2022 with the president china started and other countries of the persian gulf region were also placed in the space of communication action , so the main and fundamental point is that saudi arabia plays a very decisive role in persuading other countries , especially the united arab emirates, bahrain, oman and kuwait , as well as qatar, of a moderate policy. and it has been a balancing act, but saudi arabia naturally has its role as the big brother that determines the plan, and most importantly , we felt that it was a kind of ideological competition with iran. the war in yemen was a turning point for this country in iran and saudi arabia in the space they are in conflict, maybe this is my main analysis he was following the path of muhammad bin salman. in 2015, when he came to power, there was a model of saddam husseini's ambition in him, that is, the ambition of a young man who wants to develop power and confront iran. and because both iran and saudi arabia

provided by iran into saudi arabia. yes. that he's got a sort of shaky truce on the ground now, but saudi is still very much involved there. this could be perhaps, and i'm sure here with us, they'll be looking at this very closely. the beginning of piece talks and then just go slightly further afield. on the war in ukraine because i think that's also a factor here. remember that iran is very close. so water of russia, and it's worth telling you the saudi foreign minister has been with the russian foreign minister. so gay love roth in moscow in recent days. and james bay's reporting from un headquarters in new york. thank you. ron and saudi arabia have long had an adversarial relationship. let's take a look back at some recent events to put some more context around this for you. the 2011 arab spring saw protest movements against the status quo in several countries in the middle east. saudi arabia accused iran of inciting protests in bahrain against the royal family. an accusation which iran denied as the civil war in yeme

, of course, in beijing, the capital of china, iran and saudi arabia have agreed to resume bilateral relations. this agreement in the intensive negotiations between the secretary of the supreme national security council of our country and the saudi counterpart in beijing, the president congratulated mr. raisi on his visit to cannes in february . a country that has had a relationship for seven years will open relations. mr. raisi also agreed that there is something based on that agreement, and i had discussions with the people of saudi arabia about the relationship between iran and the islamic republic. iran and saudi arabia in compliance with the country's security interests the region and benevolence for the region and to prevent the interference of other extra-regional forces and also to have continuous mischief in the region . the central committee of the communist party of china published in this statement that iran and saudi arabia agreed to resume diplomatic relations within two months and reopen embassies and missions. the foreign ministers of iran and saudi arabia are also ma

in 2016 saudi arabia executed a prominent she leader who supported the center against the kingdom. there was a pro in iran where protest as bird parts of the saudi embassy. and in 2019 saudi arabia, state for an oil company was hit by a who the drove attack. 5000000 barrels a day of crude production was effected close to half of the kingdoms output. iran denied any involvement. well, i'm joined by the senior political analyst mob boshra. this is a very interesting story that happened really under a veil of secrecy. but restoring relations doesn't always mean that you could have become friends straight away. how do you read the situation right now? i think this certainly the beginning of something very serious and interesting, i think because there's a bit of background to it as well. i mean, this didn't happen out of out of the blue. there was a process that as couple of years. and there is a vested interest for both countries, for both regimes. i would say to improve relations because they're confliction reflected badly on the region. but they also reflect badly on iran and saudi a

i think that saudi arabia has achieved a new track in the field of foreign policy.n will also look at it as needing more cooperation models. iran's power policy has been for balance. it is natural that when a country is under threat, it is inevitable that we should also be strict with power politics . if iran did not pursue power politics and if iran did not achieve regional balance, china would never, ever, take control of iran. i did not invite that to be in an atmosphere of de-escalation, but the reality is that negotiations are very necessary and inevitable , and it can even be said that it is too late , these negotiations and this process should have started at least one or two years ago. we agreed that negotiations and a turning point need a series of preparations for the core of the city. the diplomatic process is a long process. the conditions must be established. regional conditions and international conditions are also needed. thank you very much for your explanations . our colleagues are ready . we will meet again. a wave from the east and the west and th

the closeness of saudi arabia and iran is in the interest of the people of the region. the secretary general of hezbollah of lebanon said at the commemoration ceremony of haj asad mohammad faqir of the jihadi command of hezbollah , referring to the agreement between the islamic republic of iran and saudi arabia in beijing, he said that the peace agreement between the representatives of iran, saudi arabia and china reached an agreement in beijing. signed the proximity of iran's ascension is good and it will not be better for the region, but it will be more profitable if the proximity between iran and saudi arabia continues on the normal path, it can open horizons in the region and lebanon again, especially the arabian gulf, seyyed hassan nasrallah, in another part of his words called syria the heart of the resistance and regarding the resumption of arab countries' relations with syria , we are happy for the return of the arab countries and the establishment of their relations with syria . americans against syria from the military, political and security point of view, it

traditionally before mom had been sa martin, who now steers the strategy for the saudi kingdom. saudi arabia very much was in the u. s. camp and everything, but this deal, it was broke could to day in china. and at the same time, the saudi foreign minister was in russia talking about is good relations with russia or nations between iran and saudi arabia. as we mentioned, have been hostile for years, threatening stability and security in the gulf. the 2011 arab spring, the sole purchased movements in several countries in the middle east. saudi arabia accused iran of inciting, protest in bahrain against the rule family. iran denies the accusation as the civil war and yemen began in 2015. saudi arabia backed the internationally recognized government and targeted who the rebels, strong holes. iran was widely accused of backing the who sees militarily. it said it provided political support. in 2016, saudi arabia executed a prominent. she anita, who supported defend against the kingdom. i was approved over the move in iran. my protest is burnt parts of the saudi embassy. and in 2019 saudi arabia's

[000:00:31;00] hello, welcome to this news section of iran-saudi arabia horizon for the resumption of relations after 7 years, the reopening of the tehran and riyadh embassies in the next two months, the start of the vehicle registration process to participate in the extensive supply plan of the ministry of security, with the possibility of registering a back -alt from today. automobile manufacturers except bahman in the new design and localization of new coatings to prevent rusting and corrosion of metals in a set of environmentally friendly product technology used in the aerospace and automotive industries . good morning dear viewers you are with the 8 am news series, iran and saudi arabia have agreed to resume bilateral relations. this agreement was reached in intensive negotiations between the secretary of the supreme national security council of our country and his saudi counterpart in beijing. in the trip that he had prepared to the persian gulf region, he presented to mr. raisi that the negotiations between the two countries that had been in power for 7 years , mr. raisi also a

wanted to put pressure on saudi arabia to or on the oil crises or, or to, to a bicycle ship to punish russia elsewhere. and during the saudis refused or so because or a don't want or a u. s. to with too much leverage on the on prices and or, or so or the europe, the rising of, of asia as her as power broker. we've, china is not only are v are action of sinker, country china, but the social and i tell not to, with the globalization, which is emerging reverse shown guy, corporation organization, right? for example, an old as jesse countries would like to join because, or is not dominated by western institutions, may need a u. s. but also member states in europe or u. k. france, or germany. and or they would like to reserve real problems more peacefully with balance of power and not leaving a western institution were created by the us and on your parents. like, you know, united nations, which is many in a west on globalization and or, or china of course, is taking the lead in the so i'm not sure globalization, eurasia, and we are going to see if this will lead to over opening an resort o

i can't say that because i found that saudi arabia is hit 1,500 kilometers to the east of saudi arabia, it launches missiles and practical flights. i think it has the most important goal of preventing ansarullah from coming to power , but today they had to have a summary discussion . my domain, ansarullah, and the national salvation government in this achievement, it is very important. thank you for your participation and explanations. mr. reza mohammadi, an expert on political issues, can we imagine for this war after 8 years, what scenarios can we have ahead of us ? let's start the film from inside yemen itself . i am with a tried and tested military arm. look, ansarullah , before the achievements of eight years and god's mercy, with the way of fighting the saudis . the situation inside yemen it is definitely in the direction of stabilizing the state of the national rescue government and the southerners will gradually join . the largest yemeni in the region is good. the big goal that i told you from the words of mr. all kinds of love is not fulfilled. i said that the damage caused by

i'm outside saudi arabia's embassy. it's been closed ever since we are what size with the one in 2016. that's after the kingdom's execution of the prominent she athletic led to attacks on diplomatic mission. he what sincere indian president of rain raise. he came to office in 2021. he's promised to improve regional relations and continued to stand against western influence. it is now pushing for foreign policy focused on the eastern hemisphere, while developing closer ties with its neighbors. evidence of that is an agreement signed in b gene in early march for it to restore diplomatic relations with saudi arabia. there slamming republic remains heavily sanctioned by the west as the long process to revive the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement stays largely still. so what's next for the hot and how significant is this these to restore the thighs between the 2 long 5 region of the iranian foreign minister within. i mean our de la box i just looked at. i mean, i'll de leon bill for the minister of islamic republic offer on th

the reaction of the zionists to the agreement between saudi arabia and iran continues. iran has ended like this which worried some as a sign of the agreement being tied together . in the first reactions, the zionist officials said that the agreement between iran and saudi arabia is a serious threat to the formation of a regional coalition against iran . major security challenges for israel are increasing. a zionist newspaper , which seemed angry at the humiliation of the zionist regime, said that with the agreement with iran, saudi arabia spat on israel. anti-iranian organization known as afghanistan saudi arabia and iran caused a lot of damage to israel's efforts to create a regional anti-iranian organization in west asia. however, saudi arabia's move towards iran has worried a zionist expert about the future of this regime, that the agreement for iran will give political legitimacy among the countries. arabic in the region will provide a class that will later lead to diplomatic relations with other countries such as mes . another zionist expert is concerned about the

andrew attacks into saudi arabia. and joining me in the studio for more on this is daniel de la co founder of the middle east magazine zenith. daniel, thank you so much for taking the time. this looks like a potentially historic shift. can you tell us what's going on here? well, i don't think it's that historic because of course, these are neighboring countries, powerful countries that are rivals in the, in the, in the persian gulf region. so it's quite normal. this is the normal that they should have diplomatic relations in order to de escalate and, and manage their respective conflicts. however, china as a, as a negotiator, as a mediator, is new here because the chinese haven't, don't have a long track record of food, of peace making in the middle east. and we shouldn't forget, of course, the chinese are not taking the credit of the chief negotiate in mediator was the republic of iraq, which is a country that has borders with saudi arabia and iran. and that used to be a battle field of saudi iranian competition. and

people's donald on the formation of an inclusive national government in this country. iran in saudi arabia agreed to reopen embassies and re establish relations for the 1st, after 7 years of tensions after the warranty em interrupted. back in 2014, the conflict became a defacto policy war between a saudi lead, military coalition, which supported governments, government and iran, which back who the rebels who had captured much of the country. the saudi coalition also received support from several western governments. a truce between the warring parties was reaching april last year and extended twice, but expired in october. however, both sides continue to adhere to its rules, both the yemeni government and who the rebels have waltham, the agreement between to run and re yet ah, the deal was largely brokered by china with which used its diplomatic power to get the parties around the table. the breakthrough comes amid increasing tensions between the us and it's key, middle east ally, saudi arabia. war torn yemen has faced a growing humanitarian disaster with over 21000000 people in dire need

they will have mutual plans, maybe with saudi arabia and daran, considering that saudi arabia has thele of an actor based on his own interests we are starting to realize the danger that maybe saudi arabia wants to play in several fields, which means that both in the agreement with iran and in the direction of relations with the zionist regime, therefore, these risks should also be taken into our attention, which means that it is possible that the regime's relations zionism will be weakened by the islamic states that it liberalized, or is it possible that based on that international structure and the power game that exists and the interests of saudi arabia are behind it, it wants to play in the direction of the player field that normalizes relations with the zionist regime and in have before and mr. dr. lung we had good developments recently, we had good news, you mentioned that we had group trips to iran, that was good news , let's put this next to iran's successes in the field of foreign trade, like you, economic professor, and invitation to iran for no one, and recently 015 west afr

and in 2016, saudi arabia executed a prominent shiite leader who supported descent against the kingdom. there was a pro in iran where protest is burnt parts of the saudi embassy re at then 7 diplomatic ties with tech iran. and in 2019 saudi arabia, state run oil company was hit by a hoot, the drone attack. 5000000 barrels a day of crude production was affected close to half of the kingdoms output and iran denied any involvement there. let's cross over to james bay's our diplomatic editor at the united nations. and i'd say, you know, this is breaking news really, james, we're all getting used to this conversation that's been developing and the news, it's coming out of the middle east. what's the reaction where you are? well, certainly the united nations is welcoming this. the secretary general was briefed on it 1st thing this morning. as soon as the news emerged here in new york and a very positive reaction, he believes that this could be good news for the entire region. we heard alley talk about the situation in countries like lebanon and iraq. yemen, i think, is the one where the un w

the establishment of relations between saudi arabia and israel have agreed. this is definitely bad news for the future of normalizing relations with israel. the failure of iran's isolation project is another issue that has attracted the zionist expert's theory. the establishment of iran's relations with saudi arabia is a failure for iran's isolation project. it is in the regional arena, and the editors of the zionist news site vala also said that the agreement between saudi arabia and iran immediately became another issue of this coalition and the opposition of israel, and each party blames the other for this agreement. the differences that a zionist expert sees as just a slap in the face, the restoration of iran-saudi relations is a slap in the face of america and israel, which does not understand the real interests of the two countries and the rules of the game in the middle east . saudi arabia was the focus of the gathering of islamic scholars on my lips. iranophobia was broken. the speakers of this ceremony drew the attention of the speakers of this event

i am at your service with some news for the resumption of bilateral relations between iran and saudi arabia. this agreement was reached in intensive negotiations between the secretary of the supreme national security council of our country and the voice counterpart in the human jaw. mr. xi mentioned the proposal during his trip to the persian gulf region he had presented to mr. raisi that the negotiations between the two countries, which had been in relationship for 7 years, was an opening of relations. mr. raisi also agreed to an opening of relations based on that agreement. they are based on that agreement. the day when there were discussions about this , the people of saudi arabia myself had a decision about this , and we reached the decision that evening the new thing is to break the relationship between iran and the islamic republic of iran and saudi arabia by respecting the interests of the country, the security of the region and benevolence for the region and preventing the interference of the features of the extra-regional forces, and also let's have molten mischief together. at the

he's on our agenda also this deal with saudi arabia. it seems that its having also its impact on relations with other states. your dialogue with jordan also the reports that iran and egypt are discussing, promoting ties. p as in amanda previously in my these, it's a chain at the chink of jordan. i conveyed the message of prison a c and taken the in this meeting with his exit of c. we agreed to expand and promote around a month later today should have the site. last of the 2 meeting, i had a short discussion with mrs. c. c, the president of lee. so all the times, mr. ford al low from expansion up by nations with most nomic countries and, and the regional countries, especially jordan and egypt, we ro, club any kind of being the ship. these are the us to promote by like torture nation . byron also is on the list. you said in the presser, that this was done. a for man is mediating between iran and again that's, i've had a kid that have to have recent the, with the sold on the form and take it to the saying, there were some discussions. a do

[000:00:30;00] the agreement between iran and saudi arabia for the resumption of relations between tehran embassies and the presidency will be reopened in the next two months. the dollar price continues to fall, despite the closure of official centers, the price of each dollar in the free and unofficial market entered the channel of 46 thousand tomans. the process of integrated car supply without lottery from tomorrow, in the first step, applicants must make their proxy account 100 million tomans. europe has officially closed the instex system. iran's ministry of foreign affairs was never interested in this system. international trade was done through other financial and banking methods. the collapse of the regime. zionism from within the wave of opposition to netanyahu's policies reached the army pilots and the tough strategy of what is happening is a real nightmare disaster and the bench of the national team is still empty in less than two weeks before the friendly match between iran and russia, the football federation has announced that it will introduce the head coach of the national

saudi arabia's lack of trust in iran . what do you think about this issue that is being said by american thinkers themselves? what are the future conditions facing the united states now, what will it leave in the international sphere in the region? among the reactions of the united states of america to this agreement, the reaction was neutral, the positive and negative of the blocked liberation that iran had in iraq can be a green light by the united states, but on the other hand, the reaction of the united states of america government towards the agreement may have other negative effects. to be present in the persian gulf and the middle east , it has chosen the economic components and what it needs to achieve its economic interests in order to create stability. in the region and lack of actors the influencer of the region as entering the mediation relationship between iran and saudi arabia, if the press conference that was held to establish and revive the relationship between iran and iraq, what year was it in baghdad, be

first of all, saudi arabia and the crime crisis, 1st of all and prisoners exchange. and the 2nd question for you to do, would you be to go to the, did you talk about the possibility of saudi arabia being committee, 8 her in the ukraine in quite a settlement? i don't just because it's vision to me as a reaction to what you might look on, but the kid, that's how that him and thank you. to remind you, obviously we always look for the have that helping his in finding ways to saddle in that price is not the author is all this crisis and we are waiting and work with all the around the trees and to move forward. seen ways to resolve this matter, at least bullied him and the war. we have already promoted certain initiatives as for example, in prison or exchanges. the town on their personal was just for an estimate to support and all the crown prince. we are grateful to the russian side and we will continue to talk about the possible opportunities to facilitate the dialect when the countries part is somewhat previous to the entity. so in the semester. so the school has said t

to hit saudi arabia , 1500 km to the east of saudi arabia missiles and practical drones from that hand above me, i think it is preventing ansarullah from coming to power, but today we have to talk about the recognition of the political actor in yemen, ansarallah and the national salvation government based in this is very important for the party. thank you for your participation and explanation, mr. reza mohammadi, an expert on political issues, what vision can we imagine for this war after 8 years, what scenarios can we have ahead of us, let's start from within yemen itself, now the government of national salvation, a rational government, a coherent government with a seasoned military arm and you see, ansarullah has already achieved one of the achievements of eight years and nasrallah with the way of fighting the saudis. these are the wars of his time , ali abdullah saleh, the first period, the time of abdul malik sarwaruddin's father, the second period, the last period of their great seyed hussein, and the third and fourth periods after that, so this current situation in the interior

but it's nearly 8 years that saudi arabia has been directly militarily involved in yemen. and it blames iran fought supplying the healthy hope is with weapons weapons they said, have even been used and landed on saudi territory. and there's another element in all this, which is the war in ukraine, because you have a situation where saudi arabia, yes, used to be a very close us allied, but there's certainly been strains with the biden administration or the death of jamal kashodi, for example. one of the big issues there and president biden was distancing himself from saudi arabia since his trip there. perhaps there's been a little bit of a reproach more. but in recent days, you've seen the saudi foreign minister in russia. and of course, iran is supplying those drones to russia, a very complex situation. but what it shows me is that saudi arabia is not any more going to adopt. it's a traditional foreign policy of being the u. s. is very close ally. it's looking at all the different aspects to this in different conflicts around the world. and right now it's choosing a reproac

in november 2017. saudi arabia intercepted a ballistic missile every ad international airport. it asserted the missile was supplied by iran. the state one, saudi press agency, quoted, the crown prince saying that iran is actions may be considered an act of war against the kingdom. and in 2019 saudi arabia, state run oil company was hit by a who c drone attack. close to half of the kingdoms output of crude oil was impacted. iran denies any involvement. joining me now, washington d. c is robert mobile nicky. he's a senior resident scholar at the gulf states institute. thanks very much for being with us as a, just on the, on the issue of security that we were just talking to talking about just there, how much you see the restoration of time between iran and saudi arabia as a possible path to greater security, especially in places like yemen. well this is the beginning of the process. it's very clear to me that this agreement broker by china absolutely was a diplomatic win for china. but as to whether this decisively concludes a decade long, a strategic rivalry between saudi arabia

more concessions in regards to yemen and also with lebanon or iraq that are in the interest of saudi arabiatherefore, from my understanding, it is not a strategic breakthrough but more a tactical purpose that serves the saudi interest at the moment, but on the other hand, it is also a way to improve relations with china and show the west, specifically the u.s., that saudi arabia does not serve as a junior partner anymore and would like to act independently by reaching out to iran, for instance. nicole: this deal is seen as a diplomatic victory for beijing. it is china's role in the middle east changing? guest: i do not know if it is really changing. i think from china, it is an opportunistic opportunity to facilitate those talks. we do not know yet how engaged china was to really bring those partners together, and when we take into consideration that iran and saudi arabia were in direct talks over the last two years, facilitated by iraq, it is not a complete start from scratch. you are right, china has intensified and enhanced its impact on the middle east, and it will continue to do that,

regards to yemen, but also maybe with regards to lebanon or iraq that are in the interests of saudi arabia. so therefore, it is from my understanding notice strategic breakthrough. it's more technical, of course more that serves the saudi interest at the moment. but on the other hand, it is also a way maybe to improve relations with china and to show the west, specifically the u. s. a that saudi arabia does not serve as a junior partner anymore, and also wants to act independently by reaching out to iran, for instance. now this deal is seen as 8 diplomatic victory for beijing and just said that there is china's role in the middle east changing i don't know if it's really changing. i think also from china, it's an opportunistic opportunity to facilitate those talks. we don't know yet how engaged china was to really bring those partners together. and when we take into consideration that iran and saudi arabia were and direct talks through the last 2 years facilitated by iraq. it is not a complete the start from the scratch. but you are right, china has intensified and has enhanced it's impact

on the saudi embassy in tehran, as a reaction to the execution of a prominent shia cleric and saudi arabia, the saudis, withdrew the ambassador and cut the diplomatic ties. where's the rain is what we're saying? we have no problem, of course we need to talk and we want to have a diplomatic relations, of course, the saudi government consider this an for all the provocation and they cut ties. but of course, the saudis were in a way not present at the table when many international affairs when negotiated. like, for example, the international nuclear deal between the western countries un security council powers and iran. so i think this, the saudis, with this new self confidence in the region, want to show that they are depend independent from america. and that they are making new friends or if not friends, then at least that they're talking to the neighbors. but i don't want to say that this means that all the problems off the table, there's many problems to address and maybe diplomatic asians are a good start to address these problems. i'd like to come to that back to that shift from saudi a

the middle east is increasingly leaning towards china. saudi arabia's national oil company, seals, 2 major deals with beijing. now, saudi romco has agreed to acquire 10 percent of the chinese all refinance for $3600000000.00 on the that's arrangements with wrong, shang petrochemical company, aramco will supply crudo to china's largest integrated refining and chemicals facility. now the deal came a day after the saudi oil giants announced a joint venture with 2 other companies on building a new refinery on petro chemicals complex in china's north east. where the oil deals come after beijing secured a major victory on the diplomatic arena by helping broker unexpected reconciliation between the long term rival saudi arabia and iran. otherwise, the media reflects on the when a u. s. influence in the middle east, amid the rising role of china, beijing is made it clear that it's not stopping any time soon. the recent successful talks between saudi arabia and iran in beijing helped improve bilateral relations between the 2 countries, which will strengthen regional solidarity and ease the ten

no, iran and saudi arabia have long had an adversarial history. let's take a look back at some of those recent events while in 2011, the arab springs or protest movements against the status quo in several countries. in the middle east. saudi arabia accused iran of inciting protests in bahrain against the royal family. iran denied the accusation as the civil war in yemen, began in 2015, saudi arabia, back the internationally recognized government, and talk to tutti rebels, strongholds. iran was why be accused of backing the hu thies military militarily pop me? and it said it provided political support. in 2016, saudi arabia executed a prominent shiite leader who supported descent against the kingdom. there was a pro, in iran when protest has burned parts of the saudi embassy. ria then severed diplomatic ties with teheran, and in 2019 saudi arabia stayed for an oil company was hit by a healthy drone attack. $5000000.00 barrels a day of qu, production was affected, goes to half of the kingdoms output. iran denied any involvement. let's bring in a doz