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Iranian diplomats arrive in Saudi Arabia to take up OIC posts
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TEHRAN, 18 January 2022, (TON): An Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said “three Iranian diplomats have arrived in Saudi Arabia to take up posts at the headquarters of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah.”
Regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia, which severed diplomatic ties in 2016, launched direct talks last year at a time when global powers are trying to salvage a 2015 nuclear pact with Tehran, and as United Nations-led efforts to end a war in Yemen stall.
Foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told “three Iranian diplomats have arrived in Jeddah to start their work at the OIC.”
In a further sign of a thaw in ruptured ties, Iran said in December that its regional Sunni rival Saudi Arabia had agreed to grant visas to three Iranian diplomats to be based in the kingdom.
Tehran and Riyadh held four rounds of talks in Iraq, with Baghdad hoping its mediation will stop the neighbours seeking to settle scores on its territory.
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