Within the framework of implementing the agreement to resume diplomatic relations between the two countries, the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) revealed today (Sunday) that an Iranian technical delegation will visit Saudi Arabia this week to prepare for the reopening of the Iranian embassy in Riyadh, at a time when a Saudi technical team arrived. To Tehran to discuss the reopening of the Kingdom's embassy in Tehran and the Consulate General in Mashhad.
The Saudi technical team, headed by Nasser bin Awad Al-Ghanoum, met yesterday (Saturday), the chief of protocol at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Honardost, in Tehran, in the first official visit by Saudi officials to Iran since the announcement on March 10 of a Chinese-sponsored agreement. To resume diplomatic relations severed between Riyadh and Tehran seven years ago. The Iranian official expressed his country's readiness and readiness to provide all facilities and support to facilitate the mission of the Saudi team.
And the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the visit comes “in implementation of the joint tripartite agreement of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the People’s Republic of China.” The visit of the diplomatic delegation comes two days after the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Iranian Hussein Amir Abdullahian met in Beijing.
On the tenth of last March, a joint statement was issued between Iran, Saudi Arabia and China, in which Tehran and Riyadh announced the agreement to resume diplomatic relations between them and to reopen their embassies and representations within a maximum period of two months.
Okaz (Jeddah, Tehran) @okaz_online
