Amir Abdullahian’s tweet about the agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to resume diplomatic relations

According to the foreign policy group of Fars News Agency, Hossein Amirabdollahian, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, wrote on Twitter today (Friday) 19 March following the agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to resume diplomatic relations: the return of normal relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia It provides greatness to two countries, the region and the Islamic world.

He added: “Neighborhood policy, as the key axis of the foreign policy of the 13th government, is moving strongly in the right direction, and the diplomatic apparatus is actively behind the preparation of more regional steps.”

According to Fars, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed today in Beijing to resume diplomatic relations and reopen embassies and agencies within two months. Today, March 19, 1401, a tripartite statement was signed in Beijing by Ali Shamkhani, the representative of the Supreme Leader and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Mosaed bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, Minister of Advisors and member of the Council of Ministers and National Security Advisor of Saudi Arabia, and Wang Yi, a member of the office. Politician of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and head of the office of the Central Committee of Foreign Affairs of the Party and member of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China.

This statement adds: As a result of the talks, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia agreed to resume diplomatic relations and reopen embassies and agencies within a maximum of two months. The foreign ministers of the two countries are meeting each other to implement this decision and make the necessary arrangements for the exchange of ambassadors. (read here)

The official news agency of Saudi Arabia (WAS), this evening (Friday), in a report, confirmed the tripartite statement of Iran, Saudi Arabia and China regarding the resumption of bilateral relations between Tehran and Riyadh in the near future.

Hossein Amirabdollahian, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, previously welcomed the return of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia to normal and the reopening of embassies and said: We have never taken the lead in cutting ties with any country in the Islamic world, including Saudi Arabia. We welcome the two countries’ diplomacy to return to normal and the opening of embassies within the framework of the talks we will have.

After the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations between the two countries in January 2015, unilaterally by Saudi Arabia following the gathering in front of the country’s embassy in Tehran and entering this embassy as well as the Saudi Consulate General in Mashhad in response to the execution of Sheikh Nimr. It was interrupted since April 1400, they started security level talks, four rounds of which were held last year, the framework of which, according to Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hossein, was between the security agencies of the two countries, and the fifth round was held on the first day of the second month of the year. It was held in 1401.

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