TEHRAN — A Saudi technical team arrived in Tehran on Saturday to discuss reopening Saudi Arabia's diplomatic missions in Iran, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. According to the report, Saudi Arabia will reopen its embassy in Tehran and consulate in Mashhad. This is considered the first official visit of a Saudi delegation to Tehran since 2016. This comes in implementation of the joint tripartite agreement of Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, and to what was agreed upon by the two sides during the talks session between the two foreign ministers on Thursday. The Saudi technical team, headed by Nasser Al-Ghanoum, met with the Chief of Protocol at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Honardost at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Tehran. During the meeting, the Saudi team chief expressed his thanks to Ambassador Honardost for the warm welcome and facilitating the team's arrival procedures. Honardost expressed his country's readiness to provide all facilities and support to facilitate the mission of the Saudi team. On Thursday, Saudi Arabia and Iran had agreed to reopen diplomatic missions in the two countries within a two months period as agreed upon in March, according to a joint statement issued following the historic meeting between Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian in Beijing. The two sides agreed to proceed with necessary measures to open their embassies in Riyadh and Tehran, and their consulates general in Jeddah and Mashhad. Technical teams from both sides will continue to coordinate and discuss ways to enhance cooperation between the two countries, including the resumption of flights, bilateral visits of public and private sector delegations, and facilitating issuance of visas.
