Iraqi PM Visits Saudi Arabia And Iran To Discuss Regional Stability

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : In early March, Prince Mohammed 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".
54% :Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi met Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran after visiting Riyadh as part of a bid to mediate between the two regional rivals Photo: Iranian Presidency via AFPIran and Iraq "believe that peace and tranquillity in the region depend on the role of all regional leaders," he added in a news conference with Kadhemi.
53% : Iraq has over the past year hosted five rounds of talks between Riyadh and Tehran, with the last session held in April.
49% : Iraq's prime minister met with leaders in rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran on Sunday, discussing regional stability as part of Baghdad's efforts to mediate between the two Middle East heavyweights.
49% : The source said those talks "represented a road map for mending relations and returning to the right course of strengthening bilateral relations" between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
47% : On Saturday, an Iraqi cabinet source said that Kadhemi's trip "comes in the context of talks that Riyadh and Tehran recently held in Baghdad".
45% : Mustafa al-Kadhemi visited Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran, after earlier meeting with Saudi Arabia's de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Saudi city of Jeddah -- pushing forward a bid to reconcile the foes that have had no diplomatic ties since 2016.
43% :Iran and Saudi Arabia support rival sides in several conflict zones around the region.
42% : Raisi welcomed an April ceasefire in Yemen -- where Tehran and Riyadh back opposing sides in the seven-year civil war.
40% :Riyadh also has concerns about Tehran's nuclear ambitions, while Iran has always denied wanting a nuclear arsenal.
17% : Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia and Shiite-majority Iran have had no diplomatic ties for six years, since Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran after the kingdom executed Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.Riyadh responded by cutting relations with Tehran.

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