Iran proposes locations to Saudi Arabia for ministerial talks
DUBAI: The Iranian government has proposed three locations for Saudi Arabia to meet at the foreign ministerial level, Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday, citing the latest messages with Riyadh since the countries resumed ties. Agreed to establish.
The Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told a news conference in Tehran that his country had agreed to such a meeting, although he did not list three locations or say when such a meeting might take place.
Separately, an asst The Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi said Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz had invited Raisi to visit Riyadh in a letter to welcome the March 10 agreement that marked a two-month truce after years of hostility. It was agreed to restore relations within.
Raisi “welcomed the invitation,” Mohammad Jamshidi, political deputy in the president’s office, said on Twitter, without specifying a timeframe.
gave Saudi The government’s communications office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Saudi official media did not report this letter.
The Chinese-brokered deal between the region’s Sunni Muslim and Shiite powers was announced four days ago in Beijing after undisclosed talks between top security officials of the two Middle East rival powers.
Amir Abdollahian also said that Tehran is ready to reopen mutual embassies.
Saudi Arabia severed ties with Iran in 2016 after its embassy in Tehran was stormed during a dispute between the two countries over Riyadh’s execution of a Shiite cleric.
AmirAbdollahian said Iran also hopes to take steps to normalize relations with Bahrain, a close Saudi ally that cut diplomatic ties with Iran in 2016 after Riyadh.
Bahrain, a Sunni Muslim-ruled monarchy with a majority Shiite population, has repeatedly accused Iran of fomenting unrest in the peninsula state, which Tehran denies.
“Two months ago, an agreement was reached between the technical delegations of Iran and Bahrain to visit the embassies of both countries. We hope that some obstacles between Iran and Bahrain will be removed and we will reopen the embassies,” AmirAbdullahyan said. Will take basic steps to open up.”
Bahrain’s official communications office did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Bahrain, along with other Gulf Arab states, has welcomed the agreement between Riyadh and Tehran to restore ties.