Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian affirmed that his country is ready “at any time” to restore relations with Saudi Arabia, with which it is engaged in “constructive” talks, but called for a broader dialogue that also includes Egypt and Turkey.
Abdullahian said, in an interview with the Qatari “Al-Jazeera” channel, today, Thursday: “Our dialogue with Saudi Arabia is positive and constructive, and we are ready to restore relations at any time.”
Abdullahian added that Iran’s representatives to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation will return to its headquarters in the Saudi city of Jeddah within days, stressing: “This is a positive step.”
He pointed out that Saudi Arabia wants dialogue on regional files, but it is a dialogue that focuses on bilateral relations, adding: “We believe in the importance of a broad regional dialogue that includes Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey to solve the region’s problems.”
There is great tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran due to many sharp differences, especially the war in Yemen and the January 2, 2016 attacks on the Riyadh embassy in Tehran and the Saudi consulate in Mashhad after the kingdom’s authorities executed 47 people in terrorism cases, including the prominent Shiite cleric, Nimr al-Nimr.
There have been no official diplomatic relations between Tehran and Riyadh since 2016, but in recent months, messages have been exchanged about their desire to settle differences.
This year, Saudi Arabia and Iran held 4 rounds of talks in Baghdad on the normalization of severed relations and ways to resolve differences, amid expectations that the Iraqi capital will host the fifth round of this dialogue soon.
Source: “Al Jazeera” + agencies
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