The agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran on the settlement of relations with the mediation of China seriously changes the strategic situation in the Middle East. Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger expressed such an opinion in an interview with "The Washington Post" foreign policy columnist David Ignacy. "China has announced in recent years that it should participate in the creation of the world order, now it has taken an important step in this direction," Kissinger noted. Speaking about the measures taken by the Israeli side against Tehran, Kissinger emphasized that "China's interests must be taken into account when putting pressure on Iran."