Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday “welcomed” an invite from Saudi Arabia’s King Salman to go to the nation, Iranian officers stated.
“In a letter to President Raisi, the King of Saudi Arabia welcomed the settlement between the 2 brotherly international locations, [and] We invited him to Riyadh,” Mohammad Jamshidi, Iran’s deputy chief of employees for political affairs, wrote on Twitter.
Also on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian stated his authorities had proposed three places for talks with the Saudi aspect.
“An settlement was reached two months in the past for technical delegations from Iran and Bahrain to go to the embassies of each international locations,” he stated. “We hope that the obstacles between Iran and Bahrain shall be eliminated and basic steps shall be taken to reopen the embassy,” he stated.
Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to revive relations and reopen their embassies on March 10 in a deal brokered by China.
The two international locations have lengthy been vying for supremacy within the Middle East, and have backed rival factions in wars in Yemen and Syria. Saudi Arabia formally minimize ties with Iran in 2016 after an assault on the nation’s embassy in Tehran over Riyadh’s execution of a Shiite Muslim cleric.
Iraq and Iran signal border settlement
Meanwhile, Iraq and Iran signed a deal aimed toward strengthening border safety, officers stated.
The settlement was introduced by the Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office and Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
The settlement consists of changes to guard the widespread borders between the 2 international locations, the assertion stated.
Iraq shares borders with each Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Iraq and Iran had been at battle for many of the Eighties, with a whole bunch of 1000’s of casualties. But Iraq has been seen as being inside Iran’s sphere of affect since shortly after the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime following the US-led invasion in 2003. Western international locations and native opposition teams have criticized Iran’s alleged interference in Iraqi politics.
sdi/msh (Reuters, AFP)