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  • Source: Agencies
  • 3 Apr 2023 21:38
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Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore diplomatic relations and reopen missions in respective countries after a series of talks brokered in Beijing. 

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  • In this photo released on Monday, March 20, 2023, by the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Ebrahim Raisi gives a televised new year message to the nation at the presidency office in Tehran, Iran (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
    In this photo released on Monday, March 20, 2023, by the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Ebrahim Raisi gives a televised new year message to the nation at the presidency office in Tehran, Iran (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

It was revealed today by the first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has accepted Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's invitation to visit Riyadh.

"The King [of Saudi Arabia] Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud invited the President Ebrahim Raisi to visit Riyadh], his invitation was accepted," Mokhber was quoted by the Mehr news agency.

Read more: Iranian President welcomes King Salman invitation to visit Riyadh

On March 19th, The deputy of the Iranian President's office for political affairs, Muhammad Jamshidi, tweeted that King Salman invited the Iranian President to visit Riyadh, expressing Saudi Arabia's readiness to expand cooperation between both countries.

In the invitation, King Salman bin Abdulaziz expressed his welcome to the agreement to resume diplomatic relations between the two countries and invited him for an official visit to Riyadh to initiate and develop bilateralism between the two countries. 

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Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore diplomatic relations and reopen missions in respective countries after a series of talks brokered in Beijing. 

China sponsored this landmark initiative after 7 years of strained diplomatic relations following the execution of Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr in January 2016.

Read more: Iran FM underlines need for bilats, talks about upcoming stage

Earlier this week, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan on Sunday received a phone call from his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in which the two parties agreed to a date for a meeting. It was reported that the two ministers discussed several issues that are of interest to both countries, in addition to discussing the upcoming steps between them in light of the latest tripartite agreement, struck between them.

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