An important message from Riyadh to Tehran.
The Saudi foreign minister is coming to Tehran with an important message, and the analyzes show that the renewed relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia will be strengthened with security agreements and economic relations.
The publication of the news of “Faisal bin Farhan”, the Saudi Foreign Minister’s trip to Tehran, has become an important topic of news and reports in the world’s media, especially in the Arab world, since yesterday (Friday, June 2). So the analysis started with the goals and messages of this trip.
Last night, the website of the London edition of the newspaper “Ray Al-Yum” published important news and wrote: Rai Al-Yum was informed by its close political sources in Lebanon that Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud will visit Tehran early next week. ; He carries a message from Salman bin Abdulaziz to Seyed Ibrahim Raisi, the president of Iran regarding the development of relations between the two countries. Ben Farhan will also meet with the President of Iran and other Iranian officials during this trip and discuss the development of relations between the two countries.
Two sincere meetings; The basis of constructive dialogue.
Since the agreement on the resumption of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the foreign ministers of our country and Saudi Arabia have had two meetings; One in Beijing and the other in Cape Town. Amir Abdollahian and Ben Farhan had traveled to South Africa to participate in the meeting of BRICS foreign ministers and BRICS friends. They met and talked with each other on the sidelines of the meeting yesterday. Both this meeting and their first meeting in Beijing were dominated by a cordial atmosphere and, contrary to questions and atmospheres, the two sides discussed the most important issues between them, including the implementation steps of the Tehran-Riyadh diplomatic agreement.
Yesterday, Amir Abdullahian and Ben Farhan held their second meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS meeting, and the closeness of relations between Tehran and Riyadh again became the headlines of the regional media. In this meeting, the Saudi Foreign Minister expressed his satisfaction with the very good progress achieved in bilateral relations and thanked the Iranian side for its valuable assistance in welcoming the Saudi technical delegation in order to lay the groundwork for the reopening of the Saudi Embassy and Consulate General in Iran. While describing the state of relations between the two countries, he noted that “moving towards a new stage of relations”: In response to the invitation, I will travel to Tehran soon.
Arabic readings of peace
Since the formation of the agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to resume diplomatic relations until now, the literature and exploitation of many Arab media, including those affiliated with Saudi Arabia, have changed; A change which, of course, was completed within the framework of the political goals and future expediency of the region. While welcoming the Tehran-Riyadh compromise and hoping for the continuation of this process, the regional media showed in their analysis and reactions to these political developments how satisfied they are with this process. A clear example of this issue was the way the Egyptian news-analytical site “Araby21” dealt with this agreement; This database published an analytical report entitled “Seek peace, even if it is in China” and somehow showed the favor of Arab analysts towards this process.
The official positions of some Arab officials to this agreement indicated several issues: the provision of the necessary background, maximum support in the region, the multi-year activity of some neighbors, and the creation of a common understanding of the positive nature of convergence. Ahmed Abul Ghait, Secretary General of the League of Arab States on Thursday (June 1) and during an interview with “Extranews”, which was also republished by “Al-Mayadeen” network, explained this issue as follows: reducing differences has prerequisites; About three months before the meeting of the Arab leaders in Jeddah, there were signs that the differences between Turkey and Egypt have subsided and that Saudi Arabia and Iran have also reduced the level of differences. The relative peace between these countries has been positively reflected in the new decisions and procedures adopted in the Arab world [resuming relations and improving relations] on neighboring countries; I thank the efforts of Arab parties such as Oman and Iraq in Iran’s relations with neighboring countries.
The meaning and understanding “common security”
One of the most important issues that caused the Arab countries of the region, including Saudi Arabia, to move towards convergence in a broader framework, including Iran and its allies in West Asia, was the belief in the important principle that the category of “security” is not imported. The weakening of American-Arab relations in the shadow of the weakness of the White House officials in managing the developments in West Asia turned this perceptual conclusion into a practical bias and became everything that should not have happened according to Tel Aviv and Washington.
After the Tehran-Riyadh agreement, the Western media, including the economic magazine “Forbes”, pointed to the disintegrated Western-Arab alliance and warned about its consequences. Some time ago, Forbes wrote in an analytical report: After Saudi Arabia, another Arab country, the United Arab Emirates, may leave the orbit of the United States of America’s allies; The UAE, like Saudi Arabia, followed the example of America in many ways, but from now on, Abu Dhabi will work for the overall interests of the UAE.
