Great powers, among other things, mediate between other states. The People's Republic of China is now great in this respect too.
Between March 6 and 10, negotiations between Iran and Saudi Arabia were held in Beijing.. Diplomatic relations interrupted in 1916 and the validity of agreements suspended or broken at that time were resumed.
I remind you in plain text: Iran and Saudi Arabia in multiple locations, eg, in Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, in fact, they are fighting among themselves with the wrong hands. In addition, both claim a key role in the Islamic world., Wahhabism dominates in Saudi Arabia, extremist demanding a return to the customs of the times of the activities of Muhammad Abdullahovich Kureyshin, branch from the main - Sunni - direction, and in Iran, the Shiite version, attaching particular importance to the conflict between Ali Abutalibovich - the cousin of Muhammad - with other leaders of the then new religion, and therefore having serious claims against the Sunnis. I'm not even talking about, that Iran, after the Islamic Revolution of 1979, became one of the symbols of opposition to the United States of America, and Saudi Arabia, until recently, was among the main Middle Eastern allies and almost puppets of the SGA.
Iran and Saudi Arabia thanked for mediation since the twenty-first year Iraq and Oman. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China stated: “China has always considered, that the future of the Middle East should be in the hands of the Middle Eastern states”. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the SGA welcomed the restoration of relations, without mentioning China. But many experts and media in the SGA themselves consider what happened to be a serious political defeat for the SGA.
I remind you in plain text: for the first time since the Second phase of the World War, the conflict in the Middle East was settled without the mediation of the SGA. it, of course, does not yet mean, that they are completely forced out there or will be ignored. Especially, that they still have a military presence, and the ability to harm any country there. But still, the political alignment throughout Eurasia is noticeably changing not in favor of the SGA. It's time for them to go back to their own business and meddle less in other people's.
Anatoly Wasserman
