After years of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said tensions, regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia may be close to détente. in published an interview on Saturday.
Iraq is a neighbor to both countriesshe has hosted five rounds of talks over The past year It aims to restore relations between Shiite-majority Saudi Arabia and Shiite-majority Iran.
distance latest round in Baghdad, Iraqi officials sounded increasingly optimistic, speaking of Sixth imminent session And even going so far as to raise the odds of Resumption in sever diplomatic relations in 2016.
Iran and Saudi Arabia support competing parties in Several conflict areas across regionIncluding in Yemen, where the Houthi rebels are backed by Tehran, and Riyadh leads a military coalition supporting The government.
In 2016, Iranian protesters attacked a Saudi diplomat missions in Iran after the kingdom executed Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
Riyadh responded before cutting links with Tehran.
“Brothers in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran is getting close to dialogue with a big Responsibility as demanded current Al-Kazemi said: in meet him with The state-owned Al-Sabah newspaper.
“We are convinced that reconciliation is close,” Al-Kadhimi said, which would benefit regional stability. who Iraqi diplomats say the last meeting was attended.
On Tuesday, the spokesperson for The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Al-Sahhaf, said that talks are “ongoing…and maybe they can lead to restore of Diplomatic representation between Iran and Saudi Arabia “a country” news INA reported.
In Iranian March media She said Tehran suspended her participation in Talks after Saudi Arabia announced carried out record 81 people in just one day.
They were convicted of various Crimes related to “terrorism”, including men Linked to the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
But in In early March, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) said his country and Iran were “forever neighbors”, and that he was “better for Both of us to work He. She out and look for Methods in that we can live with.”
Conversations resumed on April 2021 AD between senior Security officials of the two countries.
