Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to forget the Iran-Saudi dispute and start afresh. Both the Muslim countries have agreed to open the embassy in two months. According to the report of the news agency AFP, the media of Iran and Saudi Arabia gave this information. Both the countries had held peace talks sitting in Beijing, the capital of China, after which this agreement has been announced.
According to the information of Iran’s news agency IRNA, according to the result of the talks, diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia will start within the next two months. Along with this, both the countries have also agreed to open embassies.
Both countries will also implement other agreements of mutual cooperation. Iran and Saudi will also work towards strengthening bilateral relations in the coming days.
peace talks in beijing
Iran’s top National Security Council agency has released photos and videos of peace talks held in Beijing. In these pictures, Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani can be seen with a Saudi Arabian official and a Chinese official.
that’s the point of contention
Both countries have been enemies of each other for a long time. The situation has worsened in recent years. Both countries are fighting for regional dominance. The reason behind this dispute is religious differences. Both follow different sects of Islam. Iran is mostly Shia Muslim, while Saudi Arabia sees itself as a Sunni Muslim power.
Shamkhani attended the meeting
The official Saudi Press Agency also issued a statement on this. It said the talks took place in Beijing just five days before the announcement.
Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, held intense talks with his Saudi counterpart in Beijing on Monday to resolve problems between Tehran and Riyadh. Iraq, a neighbor of Iran and Saudi Arabia, had hosted several rounds of talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia since April 2021.