Saudi Arabia and Iran will open embassies “within days,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said Friday in Beirut.
Amirabdollahian did not give dates for reopening embassies in the two states, which restored relations in March.
Last month, senior security officials from both countries convened in Beijing under Chinese auspices and, to the utter surprise of most followers of global politics, announced that they were re-establishing diplomatic ties that had been severed following a series of events in 2016.
The accord followed four days of secret negotiations between the two opposing Middle Eastern states’ top security officials in Beijing.
It was finalized earlier this month when the foreign ministers of both states met again in Beijing.
Subsequently, delegations from the two nations visited the embassies and consulates in Riyadh. Tehran, Jeddah, and Mashhad to initiate the reopening process.
The leaders of the two nations have also extended reciprocal invitations to visit.
Riyadh severed ties with Tehran in 2016 after Iranian demonstrators attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in response to the execution of Saudi Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr — one of many flashpoints between the long-time adversaries.
