The recent peace agreement between Saudi and Iran brokered by China was the beginning of a ‘new order’ in the Middle East said Prof. Dr. Rashid Ahmed Khan of the University of Central Punjab.
Since China was not aiming at replacing the US in the region, there would not power struggle between the two powers in the future, at least from the Chinese side, he added.
According to Dr. Khan, who spoke at a webinar organized by the Institute of Regional Studies, on Saudi-Iran rapprochement, China had never challenged the US interests in the region in the past and had no intention to do so in the future.
