China is an old civilization and its history goes back several thousand years. It has passed through many ups and downs in history. But, the worst era of two centuries was a bitter experience, where it was colonialized by the West, suppressed, harassed, coerced, and invaded. Chinese learned a lot from this averse experience and became more mature, wise, sensible, and united. Today, China is a well-matured, smart, and visionary nation. With the rise of China as a global power, it understands its global obligations and responsibilities. China has been playing a vital role in geopolitics and contributing a lot to global peace, security, development, economy, and prosperity.
The most recent event of bringing Iran and Saudi Arabia close to each other is a mega achievement of its peace-promoting efforts. Saudi Arabia is oil rich country and the center of the Muslim world, is a very important nation in the global community. Iran is rich in oil, gas, and minerals and is a rich nation and equally important in the world. But, unfortunately, both, Iran and Saudi Arabia were not getting well with each other. Although most of the differences were based on a misunderstanding but were exploited by the West. The US and its allies were selling a huge amount of weapons to not only Saudi Araba but to most of the oil-rich Gulf States by projecting Iran as a threat. The West spoiled the relations between them with ill intentions.
As a result of Western propaganda, the whole region was under severe tension and always on the verge of a big disaster, like war. Due to confrontation, both countries were spending heavily on arms and leaving less for the development and prosperity of their citizens.
Thanks to His Excellency President Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, of China’s support for developing good neighborly relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran;
And based on the agreement between His Excellency President Xi Jinping and the leadership in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Islamic Republic of Iran, whereby the People’s Republic of China would host and sponsor talks between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran;
Proceeding from their shared desire to resolve the disagreements between them through dialogue and diplomacy, and in light of their brotherly ties;
Adhering to the principles and objectives of Charters of the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and International conventions and norms;
The delegations from the two countries held talks during the period 6-10 March 2023 in Beijing – the delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia headed by His Excellency Dr. Musaad bin Mohammed Al-Aiban, Minister of State, Member of the Council of Ministers, and National Security Advisor, and the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran headed by His Excellency Admiral Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Saudi and Iranian sides expressed their appreciation and gratitude to the Republic of Iraq and the Sultanate of Oman for hosting rounds of dialogue that took place between both sides during the years 2021-2022. The two sides also expressed their appreciation and gratitude to the leadership and government of the People’s Republic of China for hosting and sponsoring the talks, and the efforts it placed towards its success.
The three countries announce that an agreement has been reached between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran, which includes an agreement to resume diplomatic relations between them and re-open their embassies and missions within a period not exceeding two months, and the agreement includes their affirmation of the respect for the sovereignty of states and the non-interference in internal affairs of states. They also agreed that the ministers of foreign affairs of both countries shall meet to implement this, arrange for the return of their ambassadors, and discuss means of enhancing bilateral relations. They also agreed to implement the Security Cooperation Agreement between them, which was signed on 22/1/1422 (H), corresponding to 17/4/2001, and the General Agreement for Cooperation in the Fields of Economy, Trade, Investment, Technology, Science, Culture, Sports, and Youth, which was signed on 2/2/1419 (H), corresponding to 27/5/1998.
The three countries expressed their keenness to exert all efforts toward enhancing regional and international peace and security.
The statement was co-signed by the Representative of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi, a Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Director of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, Representative for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Musaad bin Mohammed Al-Aiban, Minister of State, Member of the Council of Ministers, and National Security Advisor, and Representative for the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council.
It has added another milestone to the Chinese global share of shared future. It is expected that China will continue its practice of contributing toward geopolitics and the global economy, security, developments, and welfare.
