The wind of normalization in the Middle East… Iran and Saudi Arabia also agreed

Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to the resumption of diplomatic relations and the mutual opening of embassies after 7 years.

Senior security officials from Iran and Saudi Arabia, who began negotiations on March 6 in Beijing, the Chinese capital, through Chinese authorities, reached an agreement to normalize relations between Tehran and Riyadh, Iranian state television reports. . The agreement reached between Tehran and Riyadh after 7 years was announced with a joint statement from Iran, Saudi Arabia and China.

In the statement, it was stated that Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to the resumption of diplomatic relations and the mutual reopening of embassies and representations within two months.

He specified that the foreign ministers of the two countries will meet soon to carry out the process and clarify the details.

THE EXECUTIONS WERE OF CRISIS

On January 2, 2016, 47 people, including Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, were executed in Saudi Arabia on “terrorism” charges. Following statements by the Iranian authorities reacting to the executions, the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran and consulate buildings in the city of Mashhad were set on fire by protesters in Iran.

Diplomatic relations between the two countries, already strained by the Yemen crisis that began in March 2015, were completely severed.

Iranian and Saudi Arabian officials met in Baghdad in April 2021 for direct talks, and talks mediated by Iraq continued thereafter. (AA)