Saudi and Iranian officials to hold talks in China.

The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Iran will meet in Beijing on Thursday, marking the first formal meeting between the two countries' most senior diplomats in over seven years. The meeting comes after a China-brokered deal facilitated the end of the diplomatic rift between the two regional rivals. The resumption of relations and arrangements for the exchange of ambassadors will be discussed in the meeting. The breakthrough between Tehran and Riyadh, facilitated by China, has shaken up dynamics in the Middle East, where the United States was for decades the main mediator.