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Sunday, August 17, 2014

A relationship of global significance

Parallel articles in the Gulf News by Saudi and Iranian spokesmen.  More fallout from the disintegration of Iraq and Syria.

A relationship of global significance

While there remain some differences between Iran and Saudi Arabia today, regional realities should encourage more cooperation between the two countries for a safer and more secure Middle East
Ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran have in recent years swung to extreme ends of a pendulum. Between periods of restrained civility, there have also been times of ill-disguised hostilities. But following the belligerency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former president of Iran, whose significant contribution was economic mismanagement and verbal assaults on other countries, relations between the two countries had sunk to an all-time low. http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/a-relationship-of-global-significance-1.1372818

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