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Article: Rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia Now Talking
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- February 5, 2007
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BEIRUT, Lebanon - Relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia are bumpy at the best of times, but violence between Shiites and Sunnis in Lebanon and Iraq is prompting the two Mideast heavyweights to engage in new talks seeking to head off a regional crisis.
The clearest sign of the new diplomacy has been in Lebanon, where a joint Saudi-Iranian effort defused a general strike called by the pro-Iranian Shiite militant group Hezbollah after the country erupted into violence two weeks ago, according to state-guided Saudi media.
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal has said the two nations began working together after Iran approached his country to "cooperate in averting strife between Sunnis ...