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China leaps into Saudi-Iran diplomacy as nuclear talks move

Iranian official says next move on prisoner exchange depends on US.

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Saudi national security adviser Musaad al-Aiban (L), Iran's Supreme National Security Council head Ali Shamkhani (R) and senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi meet in Beijing in this undated image. — Saudi Foreign Ministry

China’s giant step in Middle East diplomacy 

It’s hard to overstate the impact of resumed diplomatic ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia — and that it was China that made it happen.  

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