'Everything is possible when it comes to international relations,' former Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry official Salem al-Yami told Newsweek.
Saudi Arabia has begun building quiet yet consequential inroads to both Iran and Israel, archrivals in the Middle East, amid uncertainties over the future of the long-standing role of the United States in the region.
"Everything is possible when it comes to international relations," Yami said,"as long as nations in this region are able to provide compromises and yield to some requirements, including steering clear from unnecessary prejudices and demagoguery that haven't benefited anyone." This regionwide bout between the two powers continues unabated, most visibly and violently in Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition has been directly engaged in a more than seven-year-long civil war against rebels of the Iran-aligned Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthi movement. A truce reached in April has held, but prospects for a lasting settlement are far from certain.
"We want Iran to play a positive role in the war in Yemen," he said,"by pressuring Houthis to accept extending the truce and urging them to reach a resolution." Talks were temporarily called off by Iran in March, after Saudi Arabia announced it had executed 81 people, many of whom were reportedly Shiite Muslims. Meetings resumed the following month, however, and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said last week that both sides were ready to take their discussions to the next level.
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