#China has entered the room with carefully crafted words from FM #WangYi.
#Yi said conflict in #Gaza "is causing massive casualties among innocent civilians, leading to serious humanitarian disasters and accelerating the spread of negative spillover effects" without saying who is at fault & without using the word #genocide.
"Influential countries, in particular, need to play an objective, impartial and #constructiveRole," said Yi & #Gheit of #ArabLeague.
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Notably, this carefully-crafted #China statement came immediately AFTER the public #US offer to #Israel and the #privateUSMessage to #Iran ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111750458528907844
Is the end game near?
⬆️ Why is #China interested in stopping the #MiddleEast conflict?
#US pressed China 🔥 to rein Iran in and help prevent conflict between #Israel & Iran-backed #Hamas from spreading.
The 3 US efforts to #IsolateIran are linked ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111757666014700319
Beijing is under pressure to prove that the #rapprochement it brokered between rivals #Iran & #SaudiArabia was sincere.
Now, China's FM #WangYi said it wants to play a #constructiveRole in handling global "#hotspotIssues"
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Now, all #Netanyahu has to do to put the albatross around #Iran's neck and completely #IsolateIran is to agree to the #US offer ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111750458528907844
Under the US offer, #Arab leaders would support #regionalIntegration, including normalized relations with #Israel, in exchange for end to the War, & #Israel's acceptance of a "clear path" to #Palestinian political rights & unified Palestinian state, comprising #WestBank & #Gaza.
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Really, NOW is the time for #Netanyahu to put the albatross around #Iran's neck and completely #IsolateIran by agreeing to the #US offer ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111750458528907844
#Saudis just signaled that they are ready to accept the US offer for peace if #Palestinian issue is resolved 🔥🔥🔥
"We agree that regional peace includes peace for #Israel, but that could only happen through peace for the Palestinians through a Palestinian state," Prince Faisal bin #Farhan said.
⬆️ #Netanyahu FAILS to seize the opportunity, and #Israelis let him fight #inTheirName
#Blinken said Israelis need to decide on their leadership, saying it’s up to them to “seize the opportunity…” He called this “an inflection point” for the #MiddleEast that requires hard decisions.
#SaudiArabia agreed “regional peace includes peace for #Israel” and said it WOULD recognize Israel as part of a larger political agreement
#RightWing #Bibi is against #Palestinian statehood
The top diplomats of Iran and the United States sit down for public — and separate — one-on-one chats while the U.N. chief and leaders of France, Argentina and Spain will deliver speeches as the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting saunters into a busy second day on Wednesday. The elite gathering in the Swiss ski resort of Davos takes a turn toward the environmental and climate concerns that have animated plea after plea from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for the world to come together do take more united action against global warming — after a record-hot year in 2023.
⬆️ #Iran DID what #Israel FAILED to do
Iran successfully put the albatross around Israel's neck, instead of the other way around, by declaring that "Attacks on Israel will end if #Gaza war stops".
This was a HUGE #missedOpportunity for #Netanyahu
But who says they were speaking the truth…
⬆️ 11 days after #Biden pressed #China to rein #Iran in and help prevent #Israel-#Hamas war from spreading, China finally pressed Iran to rein in #Houthi attacks in #RedSea.
Here's a recap of the various efforts
1. Public US offer to #Israel ➡️ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67949952
2. Private US letter to Iran ➡️ https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-us-delivered-private-message-iran-about-houthi-attacks-2024-01-13/
3. Private US talks with China ➡️ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/houthi-attacks-expose-chinas-commercial-stakes-red-sea-2024-01-15/
4. Private China talks with Iran ➡️ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/china-presses-iran-rein-houthi-attacks-red-sea-sources-say-2024-01-26/
=> Iran has now heard privately from both US and China
⬆️ #Taiwan is a #bargainingChip.
#Biden urges #China to press #Iran over #Houthi attacks.
China warns #US over #Taiwan independence.
US does not support independence, but US law requires it to defend Taiwan.
US noted that China has publicly called for lower tensions in #MiddleEast, but said it was too soon to tell whether China was using its diplomatic muscle to press Iran on it.
They also discussed #Russia’s war in #Ukraine, #NorthKorea, #SouthChinaSea, & #Myanmar.
https://apnews.com/article/china-us-wang-yi-sullivan-thailand-ae1eaf491387ed6560e1500e2f84ba45
U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan has pressed Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during talks in Thailand to use China’s influence with Iran to ease tensions in the Middle East. The officials also agreed to work toward arranging a call between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The meetings Friday and Saturday in Bangkok followed up on the presidents’ discussions in November in California. The Thailand meetings also took place after a ruling-party candidate opposed by Beijing won Taiwan’s recent presidential election, and U.S. and Chinese military officials resumed a once-frozen dialogue. And they played out as attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen continue to threaten global shipping in the Red Sea.
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