TEHRAN, 2 May 2021, (TON): Tehran has highly appreciated Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s recent statements during an interview, “At the end of the day, Iran is a neighboring country. All we ask for is to have a good and distinguished relationship with Iran.”

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has always looked for a coordial relations with all the Muslim countries including Iran. However, Western media has generally presented twisted statements with either “totally black propaganda” or “selected omission.” During the Saudi Arabia visit the statement emitting from the Crown prince’s office were flexible and positive toward Iran.

Media report quoted Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman saying, “We do not want the situation with Iran to be difficult. On the contrary, we want it to prosper and grow as we have Saudi interests in Iran, and they have Iranian interests in Saudi Arabia, which is to drive prosperity and growth in the region and the entire world.”

A Saudi official indirectly hinted on the condition of anonimity that there is a hope of friendly gestures from both the countries during this month in a third country, adding that there is no involvement of any Western country. However, the Saudi official did not name the country or spelled which level of interaction would take place.

A tweet by Foreign Ministry, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said, “Iran is a neighboring country, and we aspire to have a good and distinguished relationship with Iran.”

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said earlier, “With constructive views and dialogue-based approach, Iran and Saudi Arabia, as two important countries in the region and the Islamic world, can enter a new chapter of interaction and cooperation to achieve peace, stability and regional development by overcoming differences.”

Meanwhile, Saudi businessmen and the Saudi diaspora in foreign countries expressed their desire to invest in Iran, bringing billions of dollars in Iranian foreign exchange reserves. They expressed hope there would be announcement from the Iranian side very soon for which they are eagerly waiting.