Iranian Delegation to visit Saudi Arabia for embassy reopening

 

An Iranian technical delegation is set to visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the reopening of Iran's embassy in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. This comes a month after China brokered a deal to restore relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia.

According to the semi-official ISNA news agency, the visit is scheduled for this week. ISNA said in its report, “The Iranian technical delegation will visit Tehran's embassy in Riyadh and make arrangements for the reopening of Iran's embassy in Saudi Arabia.”

On Saturday, the foreign ministry of Saudi Arabia said that Saudi officials visited Iran to discuss procedures for reopening the country’s diplomatic missions in the Islamic Republic.

Recently, the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia met in Beijing, the capital of China, for the first time in seven years. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran and Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah bin Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia emphasised the importance of implementing the China-brokered deal to resume relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

On March 10, Musaed bin Mohammed Al-Aiban, the National Security adviser of Saudi Arabia, and Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran signed the agreement in China to restore relations between both nations. They thanked the Chinese authorities for sponsoring the talks in China.

Last month, a top official from Iran said that Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the King of Saudi Arabia, invited Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi for a visit to the Kingdom. Reportedly, Raisi accepted the invitation from the King.

World leaders welcomed the deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore relations. Catherine Colonna, the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, US White House national security spokesperson, John Kirby, Wang Yi, a Chinese senior diplomat and Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), welcomed the deal.