Neighbors welcome 13th government diplomacy

The following is the report of 17 Azar 1400 Iranian newspapers: In recent days, Tehran hosted “Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed”, the national security adviser of the United Arab Emirates, who had visited our country at the invitation of Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. The main focus of his talks with high-ranking officials of our country, including in a meeting with President and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Seyed Ibrahim Raisi, stressed the importance of regional security cooperation and the need to design a mechanism to support actors in the face of internal and external dangers. .
The visit of the Emirati official to Tehran, which took place at the same time as the presence of Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Meqdad, is assessed in the context of developments that have cast a shadow over the regional policy of the Arab actors in the region.

The implementation of the US strategy of gradual withdrawal from the region, which will undoubtedly affect its relations with its Arab allies, is at the forefront of these developments. The fact that it has forced these countries to adjust their positions towards one of the important powers in the region, such as Iran. The implications of this can be seen, on the one hand, in the remarkable approach of the 13th government to strengthening inter-regional dialogue and, on the other hand, in revealing the consequences of decisions that have caused costly damage to Arab actors in the Middle East.

The need to put aside destructive competition

In a conversation with a high-ranking Emirati official, Raisi described the security of the countries in the region as intertwined and noted that Iran supports the security of the countries bordering the Persian Gulf. The president’s stance corresponds to an approach that his government initially emphasized.

At the beginning of his term, Raisi said that “dialogue is needed to resolve the region’s crises and problems, and that the government’s foreign policy priority is to improve relations with its neighbors.” There is a winding road ahead. Although at first the idea of ​​inclusive regional dialogue was merely a promise on paper for convergence, months later the repetition of this idea during successive meetings of Iranian diplomatic officials with their counterparts from various Arab countries in the region showed that this view was a decision. It has become a practice of the new rulers.

Emphasizing the pursuit of a policy of cooperation between regional actors, the Thirteenth Government supports the approach of intra-regional dialogue as a proposed solution to form a new pattern of behavior in the face of security challenges facing the Middle East.

Ali Bagheri, Deputy Foreign Minister’s visits to Qatar, Oman, Pakistan and Turkey, which coincided with the beginning of diplomatic consultations with Western diplomats on resolving the issue of sanctions and the UN Security Council, were the starting point for the new government to pursue regional dialogue. Clarifying the goals of the talks between Iran and its successors, in talks with its Arab allies, is one of the steps that show that the head of state has taken the first step firmly in resolving security cooperation in the region.

A strategic mistake

Iran’s emphasis on creating regional security on a synergistic basis with the participation of all small and large countries in the region, while in recent years some countries in the region, including Saudi Arabia, has made Iran a target point in implementing its crisis strategy in the region. Was. The strategy, which was implemented in the late twentieth century with the support of a few governments, including the UAE, threatened with countries such as Qatar, Oman and Kuwait losing their cooperation in the wake of Riyadh’s demands on Iran.

Needless to say, the golden age of the Saudi-led relationship with former US President Donald Trump, whose presence at the helm of the US government had lifted Saudi Arabia’s new rulers out of isolation, adds to the boldness of this blunt alignment with Iran. . It was as a result of these collaborations that some of these Arab actors sought to normalize relations with the US strategic ally Zionist regime in order to find significant political support for their ups and downs with the United States. But the coming to power of new US President Joe Biden led to changes that took place with the implementation of the strategy of gradual withdrawal from the region. The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan was the starting point for implementing this strategy, which forced Arab countries to reconsider their regional relations.

The UAE’s renunciation of cooperation with Saudi Arabia in the war of attrition in Yemen and Riyadh’s willingness to start talks with “Iran”, which has led to a series of talks between the two countries’ security officials and a new chapter in Arab political, security and economic talks with Iran. It is a reminder of the fact that Iran is an important weight in the Middle East and its relationship can not be ignored.

Meanwhile, the proximity of a number of Arab countries to the Zionist regime may not be very effective in securing their security interests. Especially since Iran, in support of its success in the field confrontation with Tel Aviv and the shaking of the regime’s empty power, has shown that it enjoys such a position in the region that the Arabs must think of possible costs in order to get closer to the Zionist regime.

The revelation of this fear of facing the possible consequences of this strategic mistake and the frustration of the fruitfulness of its historical ties with the United States has caused the Arab actors to pay some attention to the need to prevent this confrontation by pursuing an interaction approach in the region. Thus, the invitation of the thirteenth government to cooperation, which emphasizes the participation and promotion of cooperation in the fields of “common interests” and dialogue in the fields of “disagreement”, and mentions “dialogue” and “confidence building” as tools to achieve this desire. Has met with the acclaim of its audience in the region. But it does not seem easy to turn from a situation in which actors sought to pursue their own interests only under the shadow of destructive competition to a situation where they believe they can work together to ensure the security of the region, but this can be important if rationality prevails. , Be the basis for returning to the ideal of endogenous security in the region through the cooperation of its influential powers.