With confidence at all-time high, can China emerge as Mideast peace broker?

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31 Dec

AL-MONITOR

Ever since the Beijing agreement was signed in March 2023, Riyadh and Tehran have stopped wrangling over regional conflicts like Syria and Yemen. After seven years, there has been a sustainable de-escalation of tension between the two rivals. Having achieved this masterstroke, Beijing’s confidence is at an all-time high, and it is eager to tackle the urgent situation in Gaza.

With the Chinese-brokered peace deal, there was a reopening of embassies in June, which was followed by an exchange of ambassadors between the two countries in September. Taking the process further, a Saudi-Chinese-Iranian tripartite committee meeting took place in Beijing.

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