Starting from having a very close economic relationship with China, Saudi Arabia has now moved on to say: “I am an effective part of the Chinese-led world.”.
Media mentions – The Gulf
The United States has long been the undisputed power shaping relations in the Persian Gulf
This is one of the main dossiers of discussion between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and it is one of the arenas that could benefit from an effective détente between the two countries
The Saudis have long insisted that any restoration of diplomatic relations with Iran include an active and constructive Iranian contribution to end the war in Yemen
The Saudis are dealing with everyone — Israel and Iran, China and the US, Russia and the Europeans—and being quite ambiguous about what they want to do and what’s their ultimate goal
Recent evolutions in the international framework have created a suitable opening for a renewed strategic partnership between the two countries
Iran may have responded positively to Riyadh’s calls to actively push the Houthis to sign a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia that frees the Saudis from the Yemen war
The timing of the agreement stems from the situation in Iran, weakened by internal protests and by the European pressure against the country’s military support for Russia
There could be some developments in Yemen, because Riyadh has been saying for years that it is not possible to mend relations with Iran without fixing the situation in Yemen
After the early 2000s, Qatar began to accumulate substantial wealth from the export of its energy resources (…) and reinvested all these resources in many European countries