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SULAIMANI — Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz has welcomed the
Tehran-Riyadh detente and called for economic and regional cooperation between
the two countries, the Iranian president's top aide said Sunday.
In a post on Twitter, Mohammad Jamshidi, the deputy chief of
staff for political affairs in the Iranian president's office, said the Saudi
king in a letter to President Ebrahim Raisi invited him to visit the Arab
country.
King Salman "called for strong economic and regional
cooperation" between the two countries that severed ties in January 2016,
he added.
Raisi, for his part, "welcomed the invitation and
stressed Iran's readiness to expand cooperation".
There has been no official comment on the letter from the
Saudi government yet.
Iran and Saudi Arabia, two regional arch-foes, last week
reached an agreement in Beijing to restore diplomatic ties and re-open
embassies after two years of marathon talks in Iraq and Oman.
The final round of talks, brokered by China, that led to the
breakthrough was spearheaded by top security officials of the two countries.
Earlier on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein
Amir-Abdollahian said he will meet his Saudi counterpart soon, adding that
three places have been proposed for holding the high-profile meeting.
The top Iranian diplomat said Tehran and Riyadh have so far
agreed to have technical teams visit the diplomatic missions in order to
re-open them as agreed by the two sides in the joint statement last week.
The diplomatic breakthrough between Tehran and Riyadh has
set off a wave of tension-easing talks between Iran and its estranged Persian
Gulf neighbors, including Saudi Arabia's key ally, Bahrain.
Amir-Abdollahian on Sunday said Iran "welcomes restoration
of relations” with all countries in the region, adding that ties with the
United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait "have been upgraded to the ambassadorial
level", while talks are underway between Tehran and Manama.
(NRT Digital Media/AA)