On Thursday, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Ming is visiting Saudi Arabia and will visit Iran.
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“We ask Saudi Arabia to stop “investing” in terrorism”.
Iran has accused Saudi Arabia of attacking its embassy in Yemen’s capitol city, according to multiple media reports.
Oman broke its silence on the Mideast turmoil and called the Saudi diplomatic post attacks “unacceptable”, while leaving its ties to Iran untouched.
Similarly, the Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Sigrid Kaag, arrived in Riyadh ON Tuesday and met with senior officials, including the Foreign Minister and the Deputy Foreign Minister. “Shale production and increasing capacity from countries like Russian Federation who need to protect revenue combined with expectations of further Iranian supply mean actual production as well as expectations of future production are rising”, Hewson said.
China has sent an envoy to Saudi Arabia and Iran amid an escalating feud, the foreign ministry said on Thursday (Jan 7), calling on all sides to exercise restraint.
Paris: Escalating diplomatic tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia have added fresh strains on OPEC’s unity as the cartel grapples with a common response to rock-bottom oil prices, experts said.
Instead, “it is Saudi Arabia that will suffer”, he argued, reiterating Tehran’s harsh criticism of Nimr’s killing but condemning the violence by protesters as unjustified actions “beneath the dignity of the Iranian people”.
Several allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom’s lead and on Monday scaled back diplomatic ties to Iran.
The state-run Saudi Press Agency reported Wednesday that staff at the Iranian Embassy in Riyadh and the Iranian Consulate in Jiddah had left the country.
The tiny, Sunni-ruled island of Bahrain is predominantly Shiite. It has faced low-level turmoil since 2011 Arab Spring-inspired protests by Shiites seeking more political rights.
The Council also called on all parties to maintain dialogue and take steps to reduce tensions in the region.
News was not able to confirm Iran’s claims.
Iran is also likely to add to the world’s oil glut when western-imposed sanctions are lifted later in the year.
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Kuna said the official stressed the attack grossly violates norms and worldwide conventions, and is a grave breach of Iran’s global obligations to ensure the safety and security of dplomatic missions on its soil.
