Saudi Arabia’s high diplomat has arrived within the Iranian capital, Tehran, the most recent step within the restoration of diplomatic ties between the 2 Mideast rivals
Iranian Overseas Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, proper, and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan shake arms previous to their assembly in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 17, 2023. Saudi Arabia’s high diplomat has arrived within the Iranian capital,Tehran, the most recent step within the restoration of diplomatic ties between the 2 Mideast rivals, Iranian state media reported. (AP Photograph/Vahid Salemi)
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TEHRAN, Iran — Saudi Arabia’s high diplomat arrived in Iran’s capital on Saturday, the most recent step within the restoration of diplomatic ties between the 2 Mideast rivals, Iranian state media reported.
Saudi Overseas Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan was formally welcomed by his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amirabdollahian, Iran TV stated. He carried a message from the Saudi king to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the 2 had been because of meet later Saturday, Iran TV stated.
Later, Prince Faisal stated Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and King Salman formally invited Raisi to go to Saudi Arabia, in keeping with the state TV broadcast of a joint information convention.
The go to comes after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Saudi Arabia earlier in June. In March, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after seven years of tensions.
Prince Faisal is anticipated to formally inaugurate the dominion’s embassy in Tehran later Saturday. Till the mission is accomplished, the workers are working from a Tehran resort, Iran TV stated.
Each nations reopened their diplomatic missions in latest weeks.
The settlement to reestablish diplomatic relations was a serious breakthrough brokered by China, reducing the possibilities of additional battle between Riyadh and Tehran — each instantly and in proxy conflicts across the area.
Iran has been blamed for a sequence of assaults in recent times following the US’ unilateral withdrawal from Tehran’s nuclear take care of world powers in 2018. A kind of focused the center of Saudi Arabia’s oil business in 2019, briefly halving the dominion’s crude manufacturing.
Relations between the predominately Shiite Iran and the bulk Sunni Saudi Arabia have lengthy been tense. The dominion broke ties with Iran in 2016 after protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic posts there. Saudi Arabia had executed a distinguished Shiite cleric together with 46 others days earlier, triggering the demonstrations.
Amirabdollahian stated on the information convention that the 2 sides mentioned cooperating on regional safety and different subjects. “We voiced our concern in regards to the continuation of struggle in Sudan and mentioned some regional and worldwide subjects of curiosity,” he stated.