Middle Eastern foes are giving diplomacy a shot

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A rush of regional diplomacy is little comfort for citizens of places like Lebanon and Iraq, which barely exist as sovereign states

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A week later Sheikh Tahnoon met the emir of Qatar, becoming the most senior Emirati official to visit Qatar since theand three other Arab states imposed an embargo on it in 2017. Again, there was cheery language about co-operation. The sheikh is one of the’s most influential figures, a brother of Muhammad bin Zayed, the de facto ruler. His visits were a sign of a shift in Emirati foreign policy. It is not the only country changing course.

Over the past five months, though, long-standing foes have embarked on a rush of diplomacy. Saudi Arabia and Iran started a dialogue in April. Turkey has sought to repair ties with Egypt, which soured after the Egyptian army overthrew an Islamist-led government in 2013 (Mr Erdogan was a vocal critic of the coup). Qatar and Egypt, which fell out for the same reason, are back on speaking terms.

The Saudi-Iranian feud, which reshaped the region after 1979, has settled into a frozen conflict over the past four years. In part that is because of Iran’s success, and Saudi Arabia’s failure, at exerting influence abroad. The Saudi crown prince, Muhammad bin Salman, made a series of foreign-policy blunders during his early days in power and has since shifted focus to transforming the oil-bound economy.has also begun to seek detente.

Turkey also hopes to cash in on normalisation with Egypt. Despite their estrangement, trade between the countries reached nearly $5bn last year. Turkish officials say the potential is much higher. But mending fences with Egypt would also pay political dividends. Egypt, together with the, America and Israel, has sided with Greece and Cyprus in a dispute with Turkey over drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean.

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