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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi

Iran ready for dialogue at regional summit, little progress made

French President Emmanuel Macron along with Jordan's King Abdullah II, Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein and other leaders stand for a photograph at the second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership, at the Dead Sea, Jordan December 20, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni

Iran signalled its readiness for dialogue with regional states during a conference its arch foe Saudi Arabia attended in Jordan on Tuesday which yielded few signs of progress and no meeting between the two sides.

Iraq and France jointly organised the conference, aimed at supporting stability in Iraq and the wider region where Tehran and Riyadh, the leading Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim powers in the Middle East, have backed opposite sides in proxy wars from Yemen to Syria and elsewhere.

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