Europe News Desk!! A technical team from Iran will go to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to prepare for the reopening of the Iranian embassy in Riyadh. Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday that the team would visit the Iranian embassy building and prepare the ground for its reopening, Xinhua news agency reported. Alireza Enayati, a director general of the Iranian foreign ministry, confirmed that an Iranian technical delegation would visit Saudi Arabia this week to conduct preparatory work for the reopening of the embassy. This information was given by the Iran Press news agency. According to the Saudi Press Agency, a technical delegation from Saudi Arabia arrived in Iran on Saturday to assess the situation and discuss procedures for reopening the Saudi embassy and consulates in the country. On Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdullahian and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud signed a joint statement in Beijing. In this, it was announced to resume diplomatic relations. Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic ties with Iran in 2016 in response to attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.
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