Beijing scores diplomatic coup in the Mi • Table.Briefings

Musaad bin Mohammed Al-Aiban (l.), Minister of State of Saudi Arabia, shakes hands with Admiral Ali Shamkhani (r.), Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. In the center rejoices China’s top diplomat Wang Yi.

Beijing has managed to broker an agreement between the long-disputed states of Iran and Saudi Arabia. Has China thus also demonstrated its potential as a mediator in the war against Ukraine?

China’s Ukraine peace plan was met with skepticism in the West in recent weeks. But in another part of the world, Beijing has now scored a diplomatic coup without question.

Beijing scores diplomatic coup in the Middle East

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