Successful diplomacy by China

Mohammad Amjad Hossain :
It seems interesting to note that one of the major oil producing country Saudi Arabia has succeeded to resolve conflict with Iran brokered by China in Beijing by immediate past foreign minister of China Mr Wang Yi as both Saudi Arabia and Iran have reached an agreement to restore diplomatic relations which has been suspended in 2016 after protester attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in Tehran and Mashhad with Molotov cocktail. The reason for the protest in fact emanated following the execution of 47 people in 2016 belonging to the Shia community in Saudi Arabia who in fact organized protest demonstrations against Saudi Arabia in favour of democratic elections in Saudi Arabia. One of the prominent shia personality Sheikh Nima al Nima was executed.
Saudi Arabia is expected to reopen its diplomatic mission within two months. Credit goes to China for resolving geopolitical rivalry in the Middle East. Chinese President Xi Jin Ping in fact has made history in moving in the Middle East breaking the power of the United States. As of now the United States of America has a dominating role in the Middle East.
As a result of this agreement it is expected that eight year war in Yemen will come to an end since Iran was supporting Yemen Houthi leader while Saudi Arabia led coalition government assisted the immediate past Yemen government in 2015 until 2022 with tacit support from the United States.
Now Yemen, a small country on the Arabian Peninsula has become a site of grievous civilian suffering. According to the United Nations the situation in Yemen is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. The United Nations and its partner have been delivering humanitarian assistance to more than ten million people in Yemen every month which has resulted in bringing back from famine in Yemen.. Around 233, ooo Yemeni were killed in the war in Yemen. Abdul Malikbadruddin-al-Houthi, a leader of the Houthi movement has made a remarkable achievement in Yemen. As a matter of fact, Iran now has a prominent role in the Middle East since Iran has spread its influence from Yemen to Lebanon while Iran has had good relations with Hamas in Israel. It is expected hopefully that China and Iran would likely move to resolve conflict in Israel for the Palestinian in not too distant.

(Mohammad Amjad Hossain, retired diplomat from Bangladesh and former President of Nova Toastmaster International club of America writes from Falls church, Virginia).