The low-key Kuwaiti diplomacy has been going on for at least several months amid suggestions there could soon be a dialogue.
However, the obstacles are many and what appears to be a recent warming of relations between Saudi Arabia and the US could, perversely, slow down rapprochement between Riyadh and Tehran.
Saudi concerns over Iran reached a peak after the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, which saw sanctions against Tehran relaxed amid Saudi fears this would be at the expense of its own relationship with the US.
Nevertheless,
