Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal discussed Tuesday regional developments and the fight against Islamic State jihadists with a senior Iranian official visiting his country's longtime regional rival, an Iranian diplomat said. The visit by Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to the city of Jeddah was the first by a high-level official from Shiite Iran to Sunni Saudi Arabia since Hassan Rouhani became the Islamic republic's president in August last year. The meeting was "fruitful", Iran's representative at the Jeddah-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Riza Hamid Dahqani told AFP.
08-29-2014, 12:31 PM
Top Iran official, Saudi FM discuss 'terrorism'
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal discussed Tuesday regional developments and the fight against Islamic State jihadists with a senior Iranian official visiting his country's longtime regional rival, an Iranian diplomat said. The visit by Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to the city of Jeddah was the first by a high-level official from Shiite Iran to Sunni Saudi Arabia since Hassan Rouhani became the Islamic republic's president in August last year. The meeting was "fruitful", Iran's representative at the Jeddah-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Riza Hamid Dahqani told AFP.
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