Dem Anschein nach haben die Chinesen im Nahen Osten etwas erreicht was die Amis nicht geschafft haben. Eventuell auch nie schaffen wollten - einen grossen Schritt Richtung Stabilitaet in der Region
Interessant dass gerade ein Vertreter eines amerikanischen Think Tanks diese (hoffentlich positive) Entwicklung - welche im Idealfall Spannungen und Konfliktpotential in der Region reduzieren kann - als “a lose, lose, lose for American interests.” betitelt....
Interessant dass gerade ein Vertreter eines amerikanischen Think Tanks diese (hoffentlich positive) Entwicklung - welche im Idealfall Spannungen und Konfliktpotential in der Region reduzieren kann - als “a lose, lose, lose for American interests.” betitelt....
Zitat:RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — After years of open hostility and proxy conflicts across the Middle East, Saudi Arabia and Iran have agreed to re-establish diplomatic ties, they announced on Friday, in a significant pivot for the two regional rivals that was facilitated by China.
China hosted the talks that led to the breakthrough, highlighting Beijing’s growing role as a global economic and political power...
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Seven years after cutting formal ties, Iran and Saudi Arabia will reopen embassies in each other’s countries within two months, and confirmed their “respect for the sovereignty of states and noninterference in their internal affairs,” they said in a joint statement published by the official Saudi Press Agency. Iran’s state news media also announced the deal.
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China wants stability in the region, with more than 40 percent of its crude oil imports coming from the Gulf (......)“Beijing has adopted a smart approach using its strategic partnership diplomacy, building diplomatic capital on both sides of the Gulf,” he said. “Unlike the United States, which balances one side against the other, and is therefore limited in its diplomatic capacity.”
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Mark Dubowitz, the chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based research institute, described the renewed Iran-Saudi ties resulting from Chinese mediation as “a lose, lose, lose for American interests.”
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/world...-ties.html?