Iran’s foreign minister met on Friday with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, considered the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, during his first visit since the restoration of relations between two major powers in the Middle East, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
According to the news agency AFP, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian, who came to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah after a one-day extension of his one-day visit. .
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in its message on the social media website X that the two leaders reviewed the relations between their countries, opportunities for future cooperation and ways to promote them, besides developments in the regional and international scene. Discussed progress.
Iran’s state news agency IRNA said it was the first time a senior Iranian official had met with Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 37.
Iran and Saudi Arabia severed ties in 2016, but in March this year, China’s mediation efforts paid off and the two countries agreed to restore diplomatic ties by reaching an agreement.
The announcement has given a new ray of hope as the two major powers in the region have backed opposing sides in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, particularly in Yemen.
On Thursday, Amir Abdullahiyan, while talking to the media with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, said that relations are moving in the right direction.
His visit will be a prelude to the meeting between the leaders of the two countries, but it was not clear when the Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi will visit Saudi Arabia at the invitation of King Salman.
Iran’s top diplomat praised economic and security cooperation between the two countries but did not announce any new agreements, accompanied by Iran’s new ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ali Reza Inayati.
Amir Abdullahiyan proposed regional dialogue and said that we believe that these meetings and cooperation will be helpful in the unity of the Islamic world.
Since the agreement reached in March, Saudi Arabia has stepped up efforts for peace in Yemen, holding direct talks with Houthi leaders in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, as well as supporting the return of Syria, Iran’s main ally, to the Arab League. Who was
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2024-07-31 21:18:07
