The Saudi crown prince has pushed to reorient Saudi foreign policy in recent years amid troubles in its historically close relationship with the United States.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is being received by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on August 18, 2023.Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Friday in the highest-level talks since the countries reconciled in March after years of bitter rivalry that destabilised the region.
The unscheduled meeting in Jeddah came a day after Amirabdollahian had declared ties between the countries were ""Discussions were frank, beneficial and productive," Abdollahian said in a social media post after meeting the prince, adding that the countries "agree on the security and development of all in the region".
Rivalry between Iran's revolutionary, Shi'ite Muslim leaders and Saudi Arabia's Sunni ruling family dominated the Middle Eastas they competed for influence in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and Bahrain amid a wave of sectarian bloodshed.
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