According to what was reported by the media yesterday, today, Thursday, the foreign ministers of the Kingdom and Iran will meet in Beijing to activate the agreement to resume relations that was announced last month. In the context of the news, Okaz referred to a statement by Kiwan Kashefi, a member of the Board of Directors of the Iran Chambers of Commerce, stating that the private sector has begun the necessary planning for economic interaction with its Saudi counterpart, and that the joint chamber of commerce between Tehran and Saudi Arabia will be launched, and there is planning to start exchanging businessmen’s delegations as soon as the The opening of the two embassies and the stability of the ambassadors of the two countries.
Earlier this week, Iranian Vice President Mohammad Mokhber stated that President Ebrahim Raisi had accepted a Saudi invitation to visit Riyadh. Mokhber said that Iran's basic strategy is to soften and improve relations with the countries of the region, adding that what is happening in terms of rapprochement in relations is not a mere coincidence, but rather it was planned, and it should have happened at the right time, and this is what is happening now.
This rapid move to activate the Saudi-Iranian agreement with its terms and contents, and these positive statements by Iranian officials, represent a turning point and a major important shift in the history of the region that will establish a more secure and stable future for its people, development and prosperity for its economies, and a geopolitical balance that is beneficial to all that can neutralize external interference in the countries of the region by exploiting differences between them. How wonderful it is when an Iranian official says that economic interaction with the Kingdom will begin with reciprocal visits between delegations of businessmen as soon as the two embassies are opened. This is what peoples need from their governments, beneficial relations that benefit them, and this is what represents one of the most important principles of Saudi policy.
Iran is an important pivotal country in the region, and when it establishes a new positive phase in its relations with the Kingdom as a balancing country in the Gulf, the Arab world and the world, this is sufficient to reshape better features for the future in our region.
Hammoud Abu Talib