Iran's FM says Saudi Arabia talks have progressed 'good distance'
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian's comments came after Saudi Arabia confirmed the two rivals held their first round of talks with Tehran's new hard-liner government.
Direct talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran have progressed a “good distance,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told reporters on Thursday.
The two regional powerhouses severed relations in 2016 after Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shiite Muslim cleric was met with violent protests at Saudi diplomatic facilities in Iran. Tensions between Shiite Iran and Saudi Arabia’s Sunni monarchy have continued, with the two countries fighting in proxy wars across the Middle East.
