Iran’s foreign minister has met Saudi Arabia’s crown prince during his first visit to the kingdom since the Middle East rivals announced a surprise rapprochement, officials said. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in Jeddah on Friday, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affaris announced.

As tensions ease, Iran's foreign minister meets Saudi crown prince

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived Thursday in Riyadh, his first official Saudi trip since a landmark rapprochement in March, state media reported.

Thaw in ties: Iranian foreign minister arrives in Riyadh for first Saudi visit after China-brokered deal

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived Saturday in Tehran, Iranian media reported, in his first visit to Iran since a landmark rapprochement following a seven-year rupture.

Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal in first Iran visit since detente

Saudi Arabia and Iran are set to open embassies in each other's capitals "within days," Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Friday (April 28) as the restoration of ties due to a China-brokered peace starts taking up an independent bilateral shape between Tehran and Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia, Iran to reopen embassies in each other's capitals 'within days'

Syria was expelled from the Egypt-based Arab league in 2011 over its violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations. Today, representatives of nine Arab countries will meet in the Saudi city of Jeddah to discuss letting Syria attend an Arab league summit next month. Now, Qatar's prime minister has said Syria's return to Arab league is nothing but speculation. Syria has been diplomatically isolated since the start of its civil war, in which hundreds of thousands of people have been killed. Damascus has seen amplified Arab engagement since the quake, including from governments that have so far resisted normalisation. The Syrian national coalition, an opposition group that occupies the Syrian embassy in Doha, praised the Qatari stance. In a statement, the coalition said it appreciated the Qatari position, which rejects normalisation with the Syrian regime.

Nine countries to discuss Syria's return to Arab fold; Qatar PM flags 'speculation' | Details

Saudi Arabia 's eyes with regional Rivals the world's biggest oil exporter wants to focus on diversifying its energy dependent economy. This focus is on economy but also to re-establish Regional leadership so for example the reintegration of Syria into the Arab fold and when we'll have to see if that happens countries like Qatar and Kuwait to remain firmly opposed to that is really as much aimed at trying to loosen the ties between Iran and Syria as it is about trying to resolve the Syrian conflict right also Darcy uh let us help us understand if you think that Syria will return to the egypt-based Arab League.

Saudi aims to focus on diversifying energy-dependent economy: Analysts

An Iranian delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Tehran said, to pave the way for reopening diplomatic missions as the Gulf rivals prepare to normalize relations, seven years after an acrimonious split.

Iran, Saudi Arabia working to re-establish ties after years of bitter division

A Saudi delegation arrived in Tehran to talk about reinstating diplomatic relations with Iran after a seven-year hiatus. The visit takes place two days after the historic summit between the heads of diplomatic missions of Iran and Saudi Arabia, which took place in China after the two nations decided to reestablish diplomatic relations last month.

Saudi Arabia’s delegation arrives in Iran to discuss embassy reopening

Saudi Arabia and Iran to implement 20-year old agreements