The foreign ministers of Middle East rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia met in Beijing, Tehran said, paving the way for normalized ties under a surprise China-brokered deal. | Reuters
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed steps towards reopening the embassies and consulates of the two countries, Iran’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
During phone conversations in March, the ministers had vowed to meet during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which ends later in April. Saudi Arabia severed relations with Iran in January 2016, after protesters attacked its embassy in Tehran and consulate in the Iranian city of Mashhad over Riyadh’s execution of the Saudi opposition Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
Officials from Iran and Saudi Arabia held several rounds of dialogue in Baghdad and Oman before they reached the agreement in Beijing.
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