Iraqi PM holds talks in Jeddah with focus Saudi-Iranian dialogue but stakes for Baghdad | | AW

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : An Iraqi official told The Associated Press Mustafa al-Kadhimi planned to travel to Tehran after the visit to Saudi Arabia.
52% : In early March, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said his country and Iran were "neighbours forever", and that it was "better for both of us to work it out and to look for ways in which we can coexist".
48% : (AFP)Iraq's caretaker prime minister arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, his office said, on a visit that an official said aimed at reactivating Baghdad-mediated talks between the kingdom and Iran.
46% : Kadhimi's visit "comes in the context of the talks that Riyadh and Tehran recently held in Baghdad," a source within the Iraqi prime minister's cabinet said in a statement.
46% : He added those talks "represented a road map for mending relations and returning to the right course of strengthening bilateral relations" between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which are strategically at odds around the region.
43% : Iran, the largest Shia Muslim country in the world, and Sunni powerhouse Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic ties in 2016 amid escalating tensions.
41% : The analysts see high stakes for Baghdad in the evoluton of ties between Tehran and Riyadh.

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