TEHRAN, Mar 20 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian foreign minister said yesterday that, he will meet his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, in the near future.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks to Iranian and foreign reporters, at a press conference in Tehran, adding, Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to arrange visits by technical teams, to prepare the ground for sending diplomatic missions and reopening embassies.
He also noted that, Iran’s relations with Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates were upgraded to the level of ambassadors, and bilateral ties with Saudi Arabia returned to normalcy after five rounds of fence-mending talks in Baghdad, and other negotiations hosted by Beijing.
On the likeliness of improvements in Iran’s relations with Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain, following the rapprochement with Saudi Arabia, Amir-Abdollahian said that, Tehran recently sent its delegation to Manama to visit the Iranian embassy, as well as, other diplomatic places there.
Amir-Abdollahian stressed that, Iran welcomes the normalisation of relations with neighbouring and regional states, expressing hope that the existing obstacles to normalising ties with Bahrain would be removed.
Iran maintains that Egypt is an important country and welcomes any improvement in bilateral relations, he noted.
The minister said that, he held brief talks with Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, on the sidelines of the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership in Jordan last Dec, after which negotiations were held with Egyptian officials on improving bilateral political relations.
Amir-Abdollahian said, during the same conference, he also held friendly and cordial talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan, in which the latter expressed willingness to visit Iran in the near future.
China, Saudi Arabia and Iran, on Mar 10, announced that, the latter two had reached a deal that included the agreement to resume diplomatic relations and reopen embassies and missions within two months.– NNN-IRNA
