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    Saudi-Iranian Proxy War Over Syria Spreads To Davos

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    Post by Lobo Sat 23 Jan 2016, 4:53 pm

    Saudi-Iranian Proxy War Over Syria Spreads To Davos

    By Reuters On 01/23/16 AT 2:26 PM

    Senior Saudi and Iranian figures clashed behind closed doors at a private meeting convened by the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to try to promote peace in Syria, participants said.

    The barbed exchange between Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at an invitation-only meeting Wednesday underlined the hostility between the two Gulf rivals, who are waging proxy wars in Syria, Yemen and Iraq.

    Riyadh broke off diplomatic relations and cut off trade and transport ties with Tehran two weeks ago after protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Iran. The protests erupted following the Saudi execution of a leading Shiite cleric that outraged predominantly Shiite Iranians.

    The standoff highlights some of the reasons U.S.-Russian-backed peace talks on Syria may not open as planned in Geneva next week. There is no agreement on who should represent opponents of the Syrian government, and Riyadh-backed rebels are demanding that Russia first stop air strikes in Syria.

    An official photographer snapped Faisal and Zarif shaking hands outside the room. The picture was not distributed and any warmth evaporated when they sat around the table with U.N. and other senior officials.

    "It was a dialogue of the deaf," said one participant, who asked not to be identified because of the confidentiality of the session.

    Zarif denied any secret meeting with Prince Turki, a former head of Saudi intelligence and ambassador to the United States. Asked at a news conference the same day whether he would meet any Saudi officials in Davos, he said: "There won't be any secret meeting."

    Prince Turki confirmed to Reuters he had attended the session with Zarif and others but declined comment on what was said, citing the off-the-record ground rules of the meeting.

    U.N. special envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, former Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa of Egypt, the foreign ministers of Italy and Austria and officials from Turkey and several other Western nations were also around the table.
    http://www.ibtimes.com/saudi-iranian-proxy-war-over-syria-spreads-davos-2277620

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