INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the UN, has welcomed the reopening of the Iranian embassy in Saudi
presence of Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary, and Iranian Expatriates Affairs Alireza Bikdeli, Hassan Zarnegar, the
caretaker of the mission, Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Consular Affairs Ali Al-Yousef and a number of other Foreign Ministry
officials, as well as ambassadors and diplomats and representatives of regional and international organizations accredited to Riyadh.During
the ceremony, Bikdeli said Iran and Saudi Arabia have many capacities in different governmental and public fields for the expansion of their
re-opening comes days after the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia met in Cape Town on the sidelines of a BRICS meeting
At the meeting, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan that the ambassadors of the
two countries have been introduced fortunately and the stage has been set for the opening of the embassies and consulates of the two
Saudi diplomat also said he will visit Tehran soon.Iran and March agreed on March 10 to patch up their ties after seven years
They signed a Chinese-brokered agreement that set the stage for the restoration of their ties
