{"id":562397,"date":"2023-03-11T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/china-brokered-iran-saudi-deal-raises-red-flags-for-us\/"},"modified":"2023-03-11T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T13:00:00","slug":"china-brokered-iran-saudi-deal-raises-red-flags-for-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-brokered-iran-saudi-deal-raises-red-flags-for-us\/","title":{"rendered":"#China-brokered Iran-Saudi deal raises red flags for US"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b445b434a8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b445b434a8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-brokered-iran-saudi-deal-raises-red-flags-for-us\/#China-brokered_Iran-Saudi_deal_raises_red_flags_for_US\" >China-brokered Iran-Saudi deal raises red flags for US<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"China-brokered_Iran-Saudi_deal_raises_red_flags_for_US\"><\/span>China-brokered Iran-Saudi deal raises red flags for US<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/iransaudideal_AP_031023.png?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An agreement struck by Iran and Saudi Arabia on Friday to re-establish relations has shifted concerns back to the state of the U.S. role in the Middle East \u2014 especially since the deal was brokered by Washington\u2019s main adversary, China.<\/p>\n<p>The diplomatic agreement, reached after four days of talks with senior security officials in Beijing, eases tensions between the Middle East powers after seven years of hostilities.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Both Iran and Saudi Arabia announced they will resume diplomatic relations and open up embassies once again in their respective nations within two months, according to a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KSAmofaEN\/status\/1634180277764276227\">joint statement.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alex Vatanka, the director of the Iran Program at the Middle East Institute, said the Iran-Saudi Arabia deal was an important agreement for the region but questioned whether it would put an end to any violence, including in war-torn Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt remains to be seen if they can have a meaningful dialogue. Opening up embassies is not the same as having a meaningful dialogue,\u201d Vatanka said. \u201cThere will be a steep journey ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia, a dominant Sunni Muslim country, cut ties with Iran in 2016 after protesters stormed the nation\u2019s embassy in Iran after the execution of a Shiite Muslim cleric along with the execution of other prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>Both nations have also been on opposing sides of the deadly civil war in Yemen, with Saudi Arabia supporting Yemen\u2019s government and Iran backing the opposition Houthis.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> on Friday was a diplomatic and political success for Beijing, which also recently published a peace plan to end the war in Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>China\u2019s top diplomat Wang Yi quickly hailed the agreement as a \u201cvictory\u201d on Friday and said his country would continue to address global issues, according to statements carried by several Chinese newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>But the agreement undercuts the posture of the U.S. in the region. The U.S. has downsized in Syria after withdrawing forces in 2021 from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The deal also comes as Saudi Arabia is demanding certain security guarantees, a steady flow of arms shipments and assistance with its civilian nuclear program in order to normalize relations with Israel, a major U.S. ally, the White House confirmed on Friday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Speaking to reporters, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the U.S. was \u201cinformed\u201d about the Saudi Arabia-Iran talks but played no role in them.<\/p>\n<p>Kirby welcomed the normalization of relations between the two countries should it ease violence in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the degree that it could deescalate tensions, all that\u2019s to the good side of the ledger,\u201d Kirby said, adding the U.S. is not stepping back from its role in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Vatanka, from the Middle East Institute, said both Iran and Saudi Arabia have been seeking to ease tensions for the past couple of years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While he\u00a0was surprised by China\u2019s role as a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tor,\u00a0Vatanka said the deal does not constitute \u201ca major loss\u201d for Washington in the long-term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt symbolically makes the United States look like it\u2019s not able to be a key player,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it\u2019s not going to be a Chinese-dominated Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>China is a large buyer of Saudi oil and maintains close relations with Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, the U.S. has had strained relations with Iran for decades and a similar normalization agreement would have been next to impossible for Washington to mediate.<\/p>\n<p>Some experts have cautioned that China is beginning a new era of diplomatic engagement in the Middle East, where it before mostly had economic ties.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Jonathan Panikoff, director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative in the Middle East Programs for The Atlantic Council, warned of an \u201cemergence of China\u2019s political role in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should be a warning to U.S. policymakers: Leave the Middle East and abandon ties with sometimes frustrating, even barbarous, but long-standing allies, and you\u2019ll simply be leaving a vacuum for China to fill,\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/blogs\/new-atlanticist\/experts-react\/experts-react-iran-and-saudi-arabia-just-agreed-to-restore-relations-with-help-from-china-heres-what-that-means-for-the-middle-east-and-the-world\/?mkt_tok=NjU5LVdaWC0wNzUAAAGKa76tmpn6g7mcQ4U3Fbq6DzuwB19gwPTALG-1bnEnafrjecLJfdR3M-fR-pxCg0uCgH2EAPq8GJOP206NEl05KaF4QqpaZd6rLPA_aNEBUdo#Panikoff\">Panikoff wrote in a Friday analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Middle East politics has become more strained for the U.S. as Israel clashes with Palestinians seeking a free state in Israeli-occupied Gaza and the West Bank. The ongoing civil war in Syria, violence in Yemen, heightened tensions over Iranian support for Russia and a scr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed nuclear deal with Tehran have added to complications.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>President Biden also <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed to Saudi Arabia last summer amid high gas prices in the U.S. and was seen fist-bumping Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has been criticized for overseeing human rights abuses and for the killing of the U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi.\u00a0A few months after the visit, the White House was angered when the Saudi-led oil alliance OPEC+ slashed oil production output.<\/p>\n<p>Still, during comments on Friday on the economy, Biden appeared welcoming of the diplomatic agreement. \u201cBetter relations between Israel and their Arab neighbors are better for everybody,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. 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