The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Iran will meet in Beijing tomorrow under the auspices of their Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in another significant step in resuming full diplomatic relations.
It was a major breakthrough for the two Middle East rivals, who haven't had diplomatic relations since 2016 when Saudi Arabia cut ties with
after Iranian protesters stormed its embassy in Tehran in protest of the kingdom's execution of a Shiite cleric.Since the agreement was announced, the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Iran have spoken on the phone three times to prepare for the meeting, according to statements about the calls issued by both sides.on Tuesday that President Ebrahim Raisi has accepted the invitation of Saudi King Salman to visit the kingdom in the near future.
Meanwhile, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad visited Cairo on Saturday — the first such trip by a Syrian foreign minister in more than a decade. The visit represented a major normalization step between a key Saudi ally and a key Iranian ally.that Saudi Arabia wants to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to visit the kingdom in May to participate in the Arab League leaders summit. Syria was expelled from the Arab League in 2011 after the regime’s crackdown on protestors.
Russia on Tuesday hosted the deputy foreign ministers of Turkey, Syria and Iran in Moscow as part of an effort to normalize relations between Ankara and Damascus. The Russians hope to soon hold a foreign ministers' meeting between Turkey and Syria.
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