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100 _aBhardwaj, Atul
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245 _aDiplomatic breakthrough in west Asia
260 _aEconomic and Political Weekly
300 _a58(11), Mar, 11-18 2023: p.8-9
520 _aIran and Saudi Arabia, the two arch-rivals of West Asia, have signed a landmark agreement to restore diplomatic ties and reopen embassies after relations were severed in 2016 when Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran following the Saudi beheading of a Shia spiritual leader Nimr al-Nimr. Previously, Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran after the attacks on its embassy in 1988. The relations were restored in 1991 but tensions continued to persist.- Reproduced
773 _aEconomic and Political Weekly
906 _aINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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