Saudi Arabia apathy could doom Iraqi PM mediation

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Arabia again this week
Citing a Persian Gulf diplomatic source in Riyadh, the news agency said the Iraqi prime minister was expected to arrive Sunday in the Saudi
two other visits to Saudi Arabia and Iran over the last week
In a bid to breathe new life into Iran-Saudi talks, al-Kadhimi visited Jeddah on June 26 and met with bin Salman
The two sides stressed the prominent role of Iraq in the convergence of views in the region and in the efforts to establish calm and
Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian.In Tehran, the Iraqi prime minister discussed a variety of regional issues ranging from Yemen to Egypt
minister is now planning to visit Saudi Arabia to brief Riyadh officials on his discussions in Tehran, according to DPA
Iran and Tehran's position on the agenda of negotiations with Riyadh, which will pave the way for raising the level of the two parties'
talks to reach a solution to the points of contention between the two countries and thus restore full diplomatic relations between
agreeing to elevate the talks to the diplomatic level
Iran has announced that the talks will resume soon in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.Iran has also expressed a desire for restoring diplomatic
round of talks will probably be the last chance for Saudi Arabia to patch up relations with Iran as the man in charge of coordinating the
talks could lose his job soon given that Iraq is in the process of forming a new government
to the discussions in Baghdad over putting together a new government after October 2021 parliamentary elections.