Tehran, Oct 7, IRNA – Former Iranian Ambassador to Jordan Nosratollah Tajiksaid on Monday that Saudi Government opted for deescalation with Iranthough they do not want to restore relations.
Tajik made the remarks in an exclusive interview with IRNA.
He said that regional and international developments such as US’ internaldevelopments, US administration passive conduct with demand of the Saudigovernment, the Saudi Arabia-UAE disputes, oil tankers and drone attacksconducted by Yemeni Ansarallah have forced the Saudis to opt for compromiseforeign policy.
Saudi Arabia is now involved in some domestic troubles includingdispute among youths and women, the minorities’ issues, succession crisisand dissatisfaction of Saudi princes of Bin Salman have created a situationfor Saudis to come to terms with the international community, he added.
Saudis assumed that it can take Yemen in some months, but it just left $70bexpenses for them and brought about nothing.
On the other hand, they created an effective force in their neighborhood,he noted.
The prolongation of the war showed that Western intelligence and logisticsupport were ineffective and, on the other hand, their silence over theinternational catastrophe had created serious reactions in the publicopinion in light of the heinous war crimes perpetrated by the Saudi-ledcoalition, he said.
During his visit to US and UK, the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin SalmanAl Saud spent a lot through institutions and public relations departmentsbut all of them were destroyed by killing Saudi prominent journalist JamalKhashoggi and a dark image of Bin Salman was drawn in the world, the formerambassador said.
Now Saudi Arabia wants to hold G-20 summit in Riyadh to solve this issueand to improve its image, Tajik said adding that it needs stability and dueto Ansarallah’s military power it is now impossible.
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Saudis also tend to sell 5% of Aramco’s shares to make up for the lossescaused by Yemeni conflict and to add $100b in its financial system.
They want to gain the political support of countries in return to theconcession they gave to the Western companies and in order to create somesort of alliance and support, but to no avail.
Referring to the background of war between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, Tajiksaid the two countries have so far have had six military confrontationsnone of which had winner and all of them were led to ceasefireby negotiations .
Now, in order to escape the Yemen quagmire, Saudis seek to get rid ofconflict in Yemen and go ahead with peace talks, he added.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Iranian expert referred to Iraq and Pakistan goodrelations with Iran and Saudi Arabia, saying they do not want to spread theconflict between Tehran and Riyadh to their soil.
It seems that the US is seeking to bring tension between two countriesunder its own control, he added.
