The detente between Saudi Arabia and Iran has the potential to reshape relations across a region characterised by turbulence for decades [File: China Daily via Reuters]
Al Jazeera: Saudi, Iran foreign ministers to meet during Ramadan
Planned meeting comes after Saudi Arabia and Iran signed a landmark deal to restore ties after seven years of estrangement.
Iran and Saudi Arabia’s top diplomats have agreed to meet before the end of the holy month of Ramadan to implement a landmark bilateral reconciliation deal that was brokered by China.
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, made the decision after holding their second phone call in less than a week, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Monday.
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Update #1: Saudi, Iranian Foreign Ministers to Meet During Muslim Holy Month (Reuters)
Update #2: Saudi, Iranian foreign ministers plan to meet during Ramadan (AFP)
WNU Editor: Both sides are rushing to improve ties. I concur with this analysis that Saudi Arabia wants out of the Yemen war .... ‘Stuck in a swamp’: With Iran detente, Saudi Arabia seeks exit from Yemen war (Times of Israel).