Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has obtained an invite from Saudi Arabia’s King Salman to go to the dominion after the long-time regional rivals agreed to revive ties and re-open embassies.
Mohammad Jamshidi, the Iranian president’s deputy chief of employees, tweeted on Sunday that Raisi welcomed and accepted the invitation.
Raisi and King Salman will focus on the “strengthening of financial and regional co-operation” throughout their talks in Riyadh, Jamshidi wrote.
A date for the go to was not given.
Shi’ite-majority Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia agreed this month to re-establish diplomatic ties after seven years of hostility.
Each international locations reside for political and navy affect within the area.
As a primary step within the rapprochement, which was brokered by China, a gathering of the Saudi and Iranian overseas ministers is predicted to happen quickly.
The deal contains an settlement to renew diplomatic ties and re-open embassies and missions throughout the subsequent two months.
Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations with Iran following an assault by Iranian activists on the Saudi embassy in Tehran in 2016.
Each international locations have confronted off in regional proxy conflicts, together with in Syria and Yemen.
