Palestine, Iran, Yemen: What BRICS Delhi Declaration tells us about the shifting sands in West Asia

The declaration also reflects subtle shifts in the Iranian, Emirati and Saudi positions on key conflict variables in West Asia. Both are considered below. On Palestine The New Delhi Declaration, in paragraphs 30 and 31, takes “note of the adoption of UNSC Resolution 2803” and reaffirms the “Arab Peace Initiative that includes the establishment of a sovereign, independent and viable State of Palestine within the internationally recognised 1967 borders, which included the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, with East Jerusalem as its capital”. The Arab Peace Initiative, a “land-for-peace” arrangement outlined in 2002, is a result of Arab positions…