Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein revealed on Monday that the Saudi and Iranian sides reached an agreement on a 10-point memorandum of understanding (MoU), during the latest meeting held in Baghdad, Iraq.
Riyadh severed ties with Tehran in 2016 after Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in the Iranian capital following the execution of a Shi’ite cleric in Saudi Arabia.
“The last Saudi-Iranian meeting held in the capital, Baghdad, was in the presence of high-ranking officials from both countries,” Hussein said in a televised interview.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs indicated that: “It was agreed to hold the next round of dialogue at the diplomatic level.”
Hussein added that: “The Saudi-Iranian dialogue in Baghdad discussed the continuation of the ceasefire in Yemen.”
Iraqi diplomatic sources said that the Saudi-Iranian talks in Baghdad came at the request of the Omani authority, and that Baghdad made efforts to maintain the discussions between the two countries.
Iran suspended the talks in March without giving a reason for the decision that came as a new round of negotiations was due to start. The move came after Saudi Arabia’s Sunni government executed 81 men in its biggest mass execution in decades. Tehran condemned the executions that activists said included 41 Shi’ite Muslims.
