Saudi Arabia and Iran started working this week on reopening their embassies in Tehran and Riyadh.
Two days after the meeting, a Saudi delegation arrived in Iran for technical talks about reopening the kingdom’s embassy, according to the Saudi Foreign Ministry.Saudi Arabia and Iran on Monday announced the resumption of direct commercial flights between the countries.
Meanwhile, a delegation of Iranian diplomats arrived in Riyadh on Wednesday for similar talks about reopening the Iranian Embassy.Alireza Enayati, the head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Gulf department, told the Iranian press that the aim is to reopen the embassy in Riyadh and the consulate in Jeddah before the beginning of the hajj pilgrimage in June.
According to the Iranian press, Enayati, who was a member of the Iranian negotiation team with Saudi Arabia over the last two years, is a candidate for being appointed his country’s ambassador to Riyadh.White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke on the phone on Tuesday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and discussed the normalization process between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Sullivan also reaffirmed President Biden’s “unwavering commitment to ensure Iran can never acquire a nuclear weapon," the White House said.Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad arrived in Riyadh on Wednesday. It's the first visit by a Syrian foreign minister in more than a decade. The visit is another sign of the broader normalization wave taking place in the region and could eventually lead to Syria rejoining the Arab League.
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