Chinese mediation has resulted in talks between the Iranian and Saudi Foreign Ministers, leading to an agreement to study the possibility of re-opening direct flights between the two countries and granting entry visas. The deal represents a significant achievement for Chinese diplomacy in the Middle East, with the two countries appreciating the importance of restoring the security alliance between them, signed in 2001. The talks, the first since 2016, may constitute a step towards the return of stability in the region. Meanwhile, Democrats in the U.S. are being accused of playing a dangerous game regarding former President Trump, with mounting discontent among leftists contributing to raising his popularity, and supporting his efforts to gain sympathy. The Democrats believe they should make confronting Trump’s election campaign their first task at the national level, so that they distance him from the battlefield he prefers, by practicing political hardening against his Republican Party opposition in the primaries to select the party’s candidate for the upcoming presidential elections.
A video clip showed the Chinese foreign minister encouraging his Iranian and Saudi counterparts to shake hands
British newspapers, in their paper and digital copies, issued on Friday morning, dealt with the file of normalization of Saudi and Iranian relations, led by The Independent Online, which published a report by journalist Alisha Rahman Sarkar, entitled “Saudi Arabia and Iran will restore airlines and normalize diplomatic relations.”
Alisha describes the exchange of diplomatic missions between the two countries as a huge achievement, resulting from the Chinese mediation between the two countries, which resulted in meetings attended by the Iranian and Saudi foreign ministers, in the Chinese capital, Beijing, on Thursday.
The journalist explains that, according to the agreement, the two sides will study the possibility of reopening direct flights between them and granting entry visas. The Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, and his Iranian counterpart, Hussein Amir Abdullahian, pledged to continue making efforts to improve relations.
Alisha considers that the agreement is a huge achievement for Chinese diplomacy in the Middle East, at a time when the Arab countries see the United States slowly withdrawing from the region, and she quotes Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang as saying, “Beijing is trying to support the countries of the Middle East to control their destinies in the face of any external influences, and preserving the future of the entire region.”
Alisha adds that the agreement may constitute a step towards the return of stability to the region, after they spent decades supporting militias fighting the agency, in different countries, and the interviews that took place between representatives of the two countries in Beijing are the first since 2016, when tensions between them increased rapidly, after The execution of Saudi Arabia, a prominent Shiite cleric.
And he reviewed the accusations made by Saudi Arabia against Iran of financing the Houthi militia in Yemen, which fired missiles at Saudi institutions, including sites belonging to the Aramco oil company, in 2019, which reduced the daily oil production of the kingdom by about half for a temporary period.
Alisha concludes by saying that, according to the agreement, the two countries appreciate the importance of restoring the security alliance between them, which was signed in 2001, during which the two parties focused on the importance of cooperation in confronting terrorism, drug smuggling, and money laundering. In addition, there is an agreement for commercial and technical cooperation between the two countries that was signed in 2001. 1998.
“The Democrats and Trump Game”
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The Times published a report by Justin Webb entitled “The Democrats Are Playing a Dangerous Game with Trump”, in which Webb considers that the Democrats are dealing violently with the accusations leveled against former President Donald Trump, regarding paying money to silence a porn actress, while dealing leniently with the cities they control, It witnesses daily crimes and massacres, referring to the murder of Bob Lee, founder of the Cash App application in San Francisco.
And he adds that the public prosecutor in the West Coast regions of the Democrats, in the United States, is accused of leniency with the crime, while the public prosecutor in the states of the eastern coast, tries the accused in simple crimes, without inaction, adding, “You do not need to be a supporter of Trump to be able to see this picture.” the obvious.”
Webb says, “There are reports circulating of mounting discontent among leftists in the United States with regard to the accusations against Trump, which will certainly contribute to raising his popularity, supporting his efforts to gain sympathy, and presenting himself as a victim rather than a criminal, which is the last thing Democrats want to happen.” .
Webb adds that the Democrats, with whom he spoke over the past few days, believe that the party should make confronting Trump’s election campaign, which is currently being built, their first task at the national level, so that they distance him from the battlefield he prefers, by practicing political hardening against his rivals within the Republican Party. opposition, in the primaries to select the party’s candidate for the upcoming presidential elections.
He adds that the Democrats answer the question, Would you have preferred to confront Trump as a presidential candidate over the Republicans in the 2016 elections? Of course, they assert that the answer is (yes), pointing out that they are exploiting his hard-line tendencies to brand the Republican Party, to the extent that they interfered in the midterm elections last year, and spent millions of dollars supporting pro-Trump candidates against their moderate rivals, within the Republican Party.
Webb goes by the opinion of Republican hardliners about what is going on, and that it is a plot designed against Trump personally, to support him in winning the primary elections in the Republican Party, and then to remove him from it at a critical time by judicial rulings.
Webb concludes: “This political game, if it may be described as that, with Trump’s support, is a very braggart game, but it is another version of Machiavellianism, and if it succeeds, it will be the most important political gamble that the Republicans have taken.”
In conclusion, Friday’s British newspapers covered two vastly different topics. While The Independent Online reported on the potential normalization of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, facilitated by Chinese mediation, The Times ran an op-ed by Justin Webb criticizing the Democrats’ handling of the accusations against former President Donald Trump. Webb argues that the Democrats’ aggressive approach may only add to Trump’s popularity, as he seeks sympathy and plays the victim card. Whether it is a potential breakthrough in regional diplomacy or a politically charged game, both stories underscore the dynamic nature of international relations and politics.