Iranian foreign minister meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz on Friday during his first visit since the two countries announced a surprise rapprochement, officials said.

Saudi state television aired images of Prince Mohammed Bin Salman sitting with Hossein Amir-abdollahian in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who travelled to Riyadh on Thursday, held talks with Mohammed Bin Salman in Jeddah, the Saudi foreign ministry announced, after extending what had been scheduled to be a one-day visit.

The two reviewed relations between the countries, "future opportunities for cooperation... and ways to develop them, in addition to discussing developments in the situation on the regional and international arenas", the foreign ministry posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Iran's official IRNA news agency said it was the first time a senior Iranian official had met Prince Mohammed.

On Thursday, Amir-Abdollahian said ties "are progressing in the right direction" as he appeared in front of the media with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal Bin Farhan.

Iran's top diplomat hailed economic and security cooperation between the two countries. He was accompanied by Iran's new ambassador to Saudi, Alireza Enayati.

"We are sure that these meetings and cooperation will help the unity of the Islamic world," Amir-Abdollahian added, proposing a "regional dialogue" without giving details.

Agence France-Presse