Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Thursday affirmed with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, in a meeting in Beijing, to formally resume diplomatic relations and enhance economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.
Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on its website that Iranian Foreign Minister AmirAbdollahian wrote on Twitter, the meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister agreed on formally resume diplomatic relations, Umrah, economic and trade cooperation, and reopen Embassies and Consulates.
Amirabdollahian stressed the importance of stability, sustainable security and development in the region.
Earlier, in a joint statement issued at the end of the talks between the Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers in the Chinese capital of Beijing, taking into consideration what was included in the joint tripartite statement of Saudi Arabia, Iran and China issued on the tenth of last March regarding the resumption of relations between the Kingdom and Iran, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) stated.
Both sides were keen to discuss ways to enhance bilateral relations and activate the security cooperation agreement between them signed on April 17, 2001, and the general agreement for cooperation in the field of economy, trade, investment, technology, science, culture, sports and youth signed on May 27, 1998, the agency indicated.
Source: Kuwait News Agency