#Ukraine: #SaudiArabia: MBS A -List Peace parley in Jeddah. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD
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🗓️ 4 August 2023
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#Ukraine: #SaudiArabia: MBS A -List Peace parley in Jeddah. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/global-insider/2023/08/02/why-saudi-hosted-peace-talks-matter-for-ukraine-00109364
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| 0:20.0 | This is CBS Eye on the World with John Batchler. Here's John Batchler. |
| 0:32.0 | Saudi Arabia, Jeddah, the scene of peace talks maybe. Right now the Wall Street Journal is running this headline. |
| 0:39.0 | In Saudi Arabia's Ukraine peace talks, how to measure success, there is the possibility that it won't happen. |
| 0:46.0 | Because as late as now, it is not clear on the website that it's confirmed. |
| 0:51.0 | But up to 30 countries to attend to talk about peace in Ukraine. |
| 0:56.0 | Much more importantly, this meeting is a gathering of Muhammad bin Salman, MBS himself. |
| 1:01.0 | And I welcome Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies to help me sort through |
| 1:07.0 | MBS's ambitions, activities, vision of himself and of Saudi Arabia as a convener of a peace talk. |
| 1:15.0 | At the same time, they're talking about peace with Tehran. |
| 1:19.0 | They're talking about dealing with China all the time as a bridge to China. |
| 1:24.0 | The Middle East has become a global affair. |
| 1:28.0 | Jonathan, a very good even to own a start simply. MBS calls peace talks. |
| 1:33.0 | People are showing up 30 countries, including big ones. South Africa, India and perhaps China, but certainly Turkey showing up. |
| 1:43.0 | All of this and Brazil, all of this suggests to me that MBS is on the phone or on the Zoom talking to his co-equals overseas and they're responding. |
| 1:54.0 | Why? What does MBS represent to that wide range of countries, much larger countries than Saudi Arabia? |
| 2:02.0 | Good evening, John. Yeah, I think the easiest way to describe what's going on here is that Saudi Arabia is trying to fill some new roles for itself. |
| 2:12.0 | We've seen through Muhammad bin Salman, this crown prince, very controversial crown prince. |
| 2:17.0 | He's come out with something that he calls vision 2030. |
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