Pak Sahafat – A senior American analyst at the Washington Institute said that the analysis of the consequences of the Iran-Saudi agreement has probably occupied a significant part of the Washington foreign policy community.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency, Simon Henderson, a member of Baker and director of the Bernstein Program on Persian Gulf and Energy Policy at the Washington Institute, wrote in an article on the Hill website affiliated with the US Congress about the Iran-Saudi Arabia agreement with the title: Will China push America aside in the Middle East with Saudi and Iranian diplomacy? , wrote that analyzing the implications of the Iran-Saudi deal is likely to occupy a significant portion of the Washington foreign policy community.
This senior American analyst added: It seems that the dominant analysis is that Riyadh has decided to cooperate with Tehran due to the opposition and lack of support of the Biden administration and congressional Democrats.
Referring to the unproven claims about Iran’s nuclear program, he claimed that the recent discontent is apparently Washington’s weak reaction to the news of Iran’s enrichment of about 84 percent of uranium, which is very close to the military level of uranium. So what happened to the White House promises that Iran will not be allowed to build a nuclear bomb?
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Henderson continued: The view of Saudi Arabia has changed and shows that it is willing to back away from confrontation with Iran and maybe even move towards dividing the Persian Gulf with Tehran. A more cautious interpretation of what Tehran-Riyadh normalization means is that it is part of a carefully crafted peace deal in Yemen.
Referring to being shocked about China’s role in reaching this agreement, he added: In the latest development, China wants to hold a summit in which the heads of all Gulf countries are present. It can be assumed that most of the countries in the region will participate in this summit for commercial reasons, but if Beijing says that the cost of its new role in the oil region is discounted, what will be the reaction of the countries?
This American analyst also said: When will Saudi Arabia normalize its relations with Israel? Considering the agreement with Iran, the normalization of relations with Israel is now probably off the agenda. Does Riyadh really want a viable relationship with Tehran? However, for Israel, the issue of Iran’s possible nuclear weapons remains a concern.
The Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to resume bilateral relations and re-open the embassies of the two countries. Following the visit of Ayatollah Seyed Ebrahim Raisi to Beijing in February, Admiral Ali Shamkhani started intensive negotiations with his Saudi counterpart in China on Monday, March 5; with the aim of following up on the agreements of the President’s visit, in order to finally resolve the issues between Tehran and Riyadh.
At the end of these negotiations, a tripartite statement was signed in Beijing by Shamkhani, the representative of the Supreme Leader and the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Mosaed bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, Minister of Advisors and a member of the Council of Ministers and National Security Advisor of Saudi Arabia, and Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau. The Central Committee of the Communist Party and the head of the office of the Central Committee of Foreign Affairs of the Party and a member of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China were issued.
The news of the final agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore bilateral relations after 7 years of disconnection, the story behind it shows major changes in regional relations and global events.