My thoughts as someone who reads too much news (but probably not enough to be knowledgeable): I could imagine negotiations going on behind closed doors. The US

My thoughts as someone who reads too much news (but probably not enough to be knowledgeable): I could imagine negotiations going on behind closed doors. The USA is still a gorilla with firepower that can be used as leverage. But MBS is an unstable egomaniac who probably doesn't respond well to threats... My guess is China is trying to woo him, although China doesn't seem to do "diplomacy by aircraft carrier", at least not outside its own seas. I wonder if Putin has any influence, at the moment he can only be China's little brother, and besides, he's friends with Iran and S.A. and Iran aren't friends...