Kerry Says Iran-Saudi Feud Won’t Undercut Syria Peace Efforts
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Iran have told him their nations’ tense standoff won’t undercut participation in efforts to forge a peace accord in Syria.
Saudi Arabia’s Adel al-Jubeir and Iran’s Mohammad Javad Zarif “both assured us that differences between them at this moment, expressed very publicly, will not interfere with their willingness to work cooperatively in an effort to resolve Syria,” Kerry told reporters in Washington Thursday.