Normalisation talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia reportedly making good progress

Normalisation talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia reportedly making good progress

ran’s foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said Riyadh and Tehran are looking for ways to normalise relations between the two sides.

“There was an agreement in our points of view to continue with the Saudi-Iran dialogue in what would eventually normalise relations between the two countries,” Amirabdollahian told a group of reporters on Friday in Beirut, while referring to the meeting with his Saudi counterpart in Jordan last month.

This was the highest level of interaction between Saudi Arabia and Iran since 2016.

“We welcome the restoration of normal relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” Amirabdollahian said. The hope, he added, is that eventually “we reach (an agreement on) reopening diplomatic missions and embassies in Riyadh and Tehran.”