Iran's foreign minister says talks with Saudi Arabia are ongoing; Yemen fighting intensifies
Abbas Araqchi said Tehran seeks new regional security arrangements without foreign military involvement as cross-border attacks intensify.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi announced on Tuesday that talks with Saudi Arabia are ongoing, aiming for regional security arrangements without foreign military involvement.
- Last week, top officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan met Iranian counterparts in Tehran, marking the first high-level contact between these nations since August.
- Araqchi affirmed in a recent interview that "we harbour no hostility toward the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council," while praising Qatar and Oman's positive roles.
- Riyadh stated the visits aim to "prevent the return of military escalation" as fighting between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis has intensified in recent weeks.
- Civil war has gripped Yemen since 2014 when the Houthis ousted the Saudi-backed government from Sanaa, a conflict now threatening key regional shipping routes.
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(Cairo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Sang-hoon = As fighting intensifies between Saudi Arabia and the pro-Iranian Houthi rebels in Yemen, Iran [is seeking] a new regional... without foreign intervention
Iran's foreign minister says talks with Saudi Arabia are ongoing; Yemen fighting intensifies
Last week, top officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan met Iranian officials in Tehran, the first high-level contact between Iran and the three nations since August.
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Iran's Araghchi says talks with Saudi Arabia are ongoing
Iran's Araghchi says talks with Saudi Arabia are ongoing Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi indicated that talks between Tehran and Saudi Arabia are ongoing. "In my interview with Al Jazeera network, I affirmed that we harbour no hostility toward the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and we appreciate the positive role played by Qatar and Oman, and we continue the dialogue with Saudi Arabia," he said in a post on X. "Our goal is t…
The Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Abbas Arakji, confirmed that his country aimed to reach new regional security arrangements away from the foreign military presence, stressing that talks with Saudi Arabia continued.
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