Dubai. March 19. INTERFAX - Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent an invitation to Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi to pay a visit to Riyadh, Tasnim reported on Sunday.
"The King of Saudi Arabia, in a letter to Raisi, welcomed the agreement between the two fraternal countries and invited him to make an official visit to Riyadh, and also called for strengthening economic and regional cooperation," the agency quoted Mohammad Jamshidi, deputy head of the Iranian presidential administration for Political Affairs, as saying.
"The President cordially received this invitation and stressed Iran's readiness to strengthen cooperation," Jamshidi continued.
In turn, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that Iran had agreed to hold a meeting with Saudi Arabia at the level of foreign ministers, and that Tehran had offered three possible places to organize negotiations. But he did not specify which locations are in question, and when this meeting is possible.
Last week it became known that Iran and Saudi Arabia, at talks mediated by China, agreed to restore diplomatic relations and open embassies with each other within two months.
