Iran’s president Raisi says Tehran wants to continue negotiations with Saudi Arabia “until reaching an outcome,” in an atmosphere of “mutual understanding and respect”
Riyadh and Tehran began direct talks in April, 2021 to contain tensions while global powers held negotiations on reviving a 2015 nuclear pact with Iran
Regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia, which severed diplomatic ties in 2016, launched direct talks hosted by Iraq last year at a time when global powers are trying to salvage a 2015 nuclear pact with Tehran, and as UN-led efforts to end a war in Yemen stall. In another sign of a thaw in relations, Iran said last month that three Iranian diplomats had arrived in Saudi Arabia to take up posts at the headquarters of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Jeddah.
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