Tehran always performed for a dialogue with Er-Riyadh, said today official representative of Iran Said Khatibzade, commenting on media reports on the country’s negotiations with Saudi Arabia.
Previously, the Financial Times newspaper, with reference to the sources, reported that high-ranking officials of Saudi Arabia and Iran lead direct negotiations in order to restore the dilution broken five years ago. According to the publication, negotiations, which were held on April 9 in Baghdad, through the mediation of the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Casemy, are “the first significant political discussions” between the two countries since 2016.
“We have seen these messages in the media. It is important that Iran always welcomed the dialogue with the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, believing that he is in the interests of the peoples of the two countries, as well as peace and security in Europe. This approach will continue,” RIA leads News Words Hachibzade, which he said during a briefing.
Saudi Arabia ruined diplotes with Iran in January 2016 after they were attacked on her diplomatic confinement in Tehran and Mashhad. From solidarity with Er-Riyadah, diplomatic relations with Iran stopped Bahrain, Sudan and Djibouti.