The statement said Pakistan has deep rooted and brotherly relations with both Saudi Arabia and Iran and it is concerned over ongoing tension between the two Muslim countries.
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President Xi’s tightly scheduled visit includes meetings with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Iranian President Hassan Rowhani and a speech at the headquarters of the League of Arab States (LAS) in Cairo.
January 14, 2016 (EIRNS)-In a rather unprecedented move, Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Iran and Saudi Arabia at a time of growing tensions between these two nations.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif left for Riyadh on Monday in order to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran amid growing fears that a prolonged confrontation could have serious consequences for the region.
Iranian security forces have detained three people accused of having played a key role in the recent raid on the Saudi embassy in the capital, Tehran, a top Iranian Judiciary official says. The UAE downgraded relations while some others recalled their envoys in protest.
Iran’s relations with Saudi Arabia, as well as its allies have severely deteriorated recently after the kingdom’s execution of a prominent Shia cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, on January 2.
The statement did not mention if Nawaz Sharif would fly directly from Riyadh to Tehran or make separate visits to the two countries.
The news agency quoted diplomats as saying that the financial support is “the latest sign of patronage used by the kingdom to shore up regional support against Iran”.
He admitted that Saudi Arabia does need to work on the way it is perceived around the world.
This claim is further evidence of the benefit that ISIS reaps from the escalating conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Kerry and other members of the Obama administration have credited the quick release of 10 USA sailors and their two boats captured by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) this week to the lines of communication that were allegedly opened between Washington and Tehran through the Iran nuclear deal negotiations.
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Beijing was trying to project power and influence in the Middle East, seeing an opening in the troubled region as US policy “hasn’t been very successful under (US President Barack) Obama”, he said.
