According to the official news agency IRNA, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on January 29 that Iran and Saudi Arabia expected to resume talks on normalizing bilateral relations soon.
The Iranian foreign minister made the statement during a joint press conference with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani following their meeting in the Iranian capital Tehran while commenting on the next round of talks aimed at re-establishing relations between Tehran. and Riyadh.
[Ngoại trưởng Iran và Saudi Arabia tiếp xúc bên lề hội nghị tại Jordan]
In addition, Amir-Abdollahian also said that Iran’s relations with Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have improved when these two Arab countries have sent their ambassadors back to Tehran.
Mr. Amir-Abdollahian emphasized that the indirect message exchange between Iran and Bahrain is continuing to be done through a mediator.
The head of Iranian diplomacy added that the two sides are very likely to pass the negotiation phase and enter the next stage, which is to expand long-term cooperation.
Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic ties with Iran in early 2016 in response to attacks on Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic missions in Iran following the kingdom execute a cleric of the Shia sect.
In order to improve bilateral relations and ease tensions in the region, Iraq held four rounds of direct talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia in 2021 and a fifth round of talks in April last year.
(VNA/Vietnam+)
