Saudi Arabia, Iran agree to reopen embassies during Beijing meeting

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Last year, Iran sent three diplomats to Saudi Arabia for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in a move that saw Tehran officials set foot in the country for the first time since bilateral ties were severed.
55% : Beijing, Apr 6 (EFE).- Saudi Arabia and Iran have agreed to proceed with reopening embassies and consulates in their respective capitals and re-establish security cooperation, amid talks between the countries' top diplomats in Beijing on Thursday.
52% : The Iranian Press TV said the two sides stressed the importance of the official restoration of ties and discussed steps to reopen embassies in Tehran and Riyadh and missions in the Iranian city of Mashhad and the Saudi city of Jeddah.
43% : In April 2021, secret talks between Tehran and Riyadh began in Baghdad, which was later made public.
33% : Most recently, Iran accused Riyadh of fomenting the unrest that sparked nationwide protests in the Persian country following the death in police custody of a young Kurdish woman in September.
30% :Saudi Arabia has repeatedly accused Iran of promoting terrorism in the region by backing Houthi rebels in Yemen and Hezbollah militias in Lebanon.
24% : Riyadh broke ties with Tehran in 2016 after protesters stormed its diplomatic headquarters in Iran following Saudi Arabia's execution of a popular Shia Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr.

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