{"id":415914,"date":"2023-04-06T09:48:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T06:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=415914"},"modified":"2023-04-06T09:48:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T06:48:08","slug":"ministers-of-foreign-affairs-of-saudi-arabia-iran-meet-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/ministers-of-foreign-affairs-of-saudi-arabia-iran-meet-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Iran meet in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SONNA &#8211; The foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia have met in Beijing in the first formal meeting of the two countries&#8217; top diplomats in seven years.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s state-run broadcaster Al Ekhbariya released brief footage of the meeting on Twitter on Thursday showing Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, shaking hands and smiling in front of a traditional Chinese painting as well as the flags of their respective countries.<\/p>\n<p>They then headed into a meeting room where they sat down in wide armchairs and chatted.<\/p>\n<p>Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed in March\u00a0to restore ties\u00a0and reopen diplomatic missions within two months after a\u00a0years-long rift\u00a0that raised tensions in the Gulf region and deepened conflicts from Yemen to Syria.<\/p>\n<p>The two men discussed steps towards reopening their embassies and consulates, the AFP news agency reported citing Iran\u2019s Islamic Republic News Agency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1643829796437106689&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2Fnews%2F2023%2F4%2F6%2Fforeign-ministers-of-iran-saudi-arabia-meet-in-china&amp;sessionId=9547c516ce1546f6f7e0a79c4afdf7c3f1f85c1c&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=aaf4084522e3a%3A1674595607486&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1643829796437106689\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>(<em>Translation: Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian hold a meeting<\/em>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\">\n<div class=\"ads__slot\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>China\u00a0helped\u00a0bring the two sides together\u00a0and broker the landmark agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Riyadh cut formal ties after Iranian protesters attacked Saudi Arabian diplomatic missions in 2016 following Saudi Arabia\u2019s execution of Shia Muslim leader Nimr al-Nimr \u2013 one in a series of flashpoints between the two longstanding regional rivals.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Source: Al Jazeera<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SONNA &#8211; The foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia have met in Beijing in the first formal meeting of the two countries&#8217; top diplomats in seven years. 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