Saudi's King invites Iran President to visit Riyadh
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has favourably received an invitation from Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to visit the kingdom following the reconciliation agreement between the two countries, an Iranian official has said.
The invitation is said to have come in a letter from King Salman, but has not yet been confirmed by the Saudis.The two regional heavyweights announced on March 10 a Chinese-brokered agreement to restore ties seven years after they were severed.
A senior Iranian official, Mohammad Jamshidi, tweeted about the invitation to visit the Saudi capital, Riyadh, saying President Raisi had welcomed it and 'stressed Iran's readiness to expand co-operation'.
Separately, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told media that the two nations had agreed to hold a meeting at foreign minister level, and that three possible locations had been proposed.
He did not name the locations, nor say when the meeting might take place.
Saudi Arabia cut relations after Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in 2016 following the Saudi execution of Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr – just one in a series of flashpoints between the two long-standing regional rivals.
The agreement is expected to see Shia-majority Iran and mainly Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia reopen their embassies and missions within two months and implement security and economic cooperation deals signed more than 20 years ago.
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