France 24: The Iranian embassy in Riyadh will reopen tomorrow.
“France 24” channel, citing an informed Saudi source, announced that Tehran’s embassy in Riyadh will be reopened tomorrow with the presence of the Iranian ambassador.
“France 24” channel, quoting a Saudi diplomatic source who asked to remain anonymous, announced that Iran’s embassy in Saudi Arabia will be reopened tomorrow (Tuesday, June 6).
This well-informed source told France 24 channel: The reopening of the Iranian embassy will take place tomorrow, Tuesday at 18:00 local time (15:00 GMT) with the presence of the Iranian ambassador in Saudi Arabia.
This news is published while the Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amirabdollahian spoke to the interim head of the Iranian Embassy in Riyadh yesterday about the latest situation and planning for the opening of the Islamic Republic of Iran Embassy in Riyadh and the Consulate General in Jeddah. Was.
It was on Monday (May 22) that news sources announced that “Alireza Enayati” was introduced to Saudi Arabia as Iran’s ambassador in Riyadh. He, who was the assistant minister and director general of the Persian Gulf in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has recorded such as the Iranian embassy in Kuwait.
As the new ambassador of Iran to Saudi Arabia, after the termination of relations between the two countries and the resumption of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, he will be in charge of the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Riyadh. Relations between Tehran and Riyadh were severed by the Saudi government in 2016 following a group attack on the Saudi embassy in Iran.
Following the agreement on March 19, in Beijing between Iran and Saudi Arabia to resume diplomatic relations within a maximum of two months, it was decided that the foreign ministers of the two countries will meet and prepare for the reopening of the embassies and consulates of the two countries.
Amir Abdullahian and “Faisal bin Farhan”, the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia, after three rounds of phone conversations in April this year, finally on Thursday, April 17, after about 7 years and 3 months of cutting ties, officially met and signed a joint statement in Beijing. They emphasized the readiness of both sides to remove the obstacles to the expansion of cooperation.
The foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia held their second meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS meeting on Friday (June 2). In this meeting, the Saudi Foreign Minister expressed his satisfaction with the very good progress achieved in bilateral relations and thanked the Iranian side for its valuable assistance in welcoming the Saudi technical delegation in order to lay the groundwork for the reopening of the Saudi Embassy and Consulate General in Iran.
After this meeting, the website of the London edition of the newspaper “Ray Al-Yum” published important news and wrote: Rai Al-Yum was informed by its close political sources in Lebanon that Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud will visit Tehran early next week. will do; He carries a message from “Salman bin Abdulaziz”, the king of Saudi Arabia, to “Sida Brahim Raisi”, the president of Iran, regarding the development of relations between the two countries. Ben Farhan will also meet with the President of Iran and other Iranian officials during this trip and discuss the development of relations between the two countries.
Regional and Saudi media such as “Al-Sharq Al-Awsat” and “Riyadh” published reports in the past days while welcoming the progress of Tehran-Riyadh relations and wrote: the progress of these relations will not be devoid of economic dimensions and as news sources announced, delegations Iranian and Saudi economy will have meetings in the near future to strengthen the nature of the established political relations.
