Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and Minister of State and national security adviser of Saudi Arabia Musaad bin Mohammed Al-Aiban pose for pictures during a meeting in Beijing, China March 10, 2023. (Reuters)
China has leverage on Iran and Tehran will find it difficult to explain if it does not honor the agreement signed with Saudi Arabia in Beijing, a Saudi official said on Wednesday.
Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed on Friday to re-establish relations, seven years after they were severed, following talks in China.
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