Saudi Arabia’s International Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan
Tehran:
Saudi Arabia’s International Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived Saturday in Tehran, Iranian media reported, in his first go to to Iran since a landmark rapprochement following a seven-year rupture.
Throughout his journey, the Saudi prime diplomat is anticipated to fulfill with Iranian officers together with Tehran’s International Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian earlier than a information convention, state media mentioned.
Saudi media have additionally reported a deliberate assembly with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi throughout Prince Faisal’s first go to to the Islamic republic as international minister.
Sunni Muslim energy Saudi Arabia severed relations with Shiite-led Iran in 2016 after its embassy in Tehran and consulate within the northwestern metropolis of Mashhad have been attacked throughout protests over Riyadh’s execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
However the two international locations agreed in March to fix ties and reopen their respective embassies, in a Chinese language-brokered deal that has shifted regional relations.
Iran’s authorities spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi advised native media Prince Faisal was anticipated to “take some measures” in direction of reopening the Saudi diplomatic mission in Tehran in the course of the go to.
On June 6, the Islamic republic reopened its embassy and consulates in Saudi Arabia.
The Iranian Sazandegi each day reported on Saturday the Saudi embassy would reopen in a resort in Tehran earlier than resuming its everlasting location within the Iranian capital.
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