An official in the Iranian presidency said that the Saudi monarch, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, “invited” the Iranian president, Ibrahim Raisi, to visit Riyadh, and that the latter “welcomed” her, according to AFP.
“The Saudi king called in the Iranian president’s message to visit the kingdom and welcomed the agreement between the two brotherly countries and called for strengthening relations between them,” wrote Mohammad Jamshidi, political affairs assistant to the Iranian president’s office, adding that Raisi “welcomed this invitation and confirmed his country’s readiness to enhance cooperation.”
There was no official statement from Saudi Arabia, immediately, regarding this call.
Reuters quoted Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, on Sunday, that the Iranian government is proposing to Saudi Arabia 3 places to host a meeting at the level of the foreign ministers of the two countries.
The minister said during a press conference in Tehran that his country agreed to hold such a meeting, without mentioning the three places, or referring to the date of its holding.
He added that Tehran was ready to reopen the embassies.
Tehran and Riyadh concluded a historic agreement, on March 10, with Chinese mediation, to restore diplomatic relations, after seven years of diplomatic and military tension in the region, with each of them supporting different regional parties. The two countries agreed to reopen the embassies within two months.
Amir Abdullahian indicated in his statements, Sunday, that his country also hopes to take steps towards normalizing relations with Bahrain, which followed the example of Riyadh in severing diplomatic relations with Tehran in 2016.
The minister said, “It was agreed two months ago to exchange visits by Iranian and Bahraini technical delegations to the two embassies in the two countries. We hope to remove some obstacles between Iran and Bahrain, and we will take basic steps to reopen the two embassies.”
Iran has issued new signals regarding its desire to expand the agreement it concluded with Saudi Arabia to restore relations, especially Bahrain and Egypt.
After the agreement with Riyadh, Tehran said, through its foreign ministry spokesman, Khaled Kanaani, that it welcomes any diplomatic effort to improve relations with more Arab countries.
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