Publish Date: 2 June 2023 - 20:23

TEHRAN, Jun 02 (MNA) – The foreign ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia held a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS meeting in Cape Town.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who is in Cape Town, South Africa to participate in the meeting of foreign ministers of BRICS friendly countries, held a meeting with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan on Friday.

This as the second meeting between the two foreign ministers after the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two ties following an agreement brokered in China.

While in South Africa, the head of the Iranian diplomatic apparatus has met and discussed with the foreign ministers of South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Brazil, and India since yesterday.

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