China steps up Gulf diplomacy as Trump’s Iran troubles weaken US leverage
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Beijing is courting Gulf leaders before Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are expected to meet at APEC in Shenzhen on 18–19 November. Xi held talks with Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq on Monday, the first visit by an Omani head of state to China in nearly 50 years; Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Saudi national security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed Al Aiban and Iran national security council deputy secretary Ali Bagheri Kani. Xi urged that the Middle East not become an arena for great-power rivalry.
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