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Iran and Saudi Arabia are currently working to further strengthen their relations, which were restored earlier this year after talks in China.
Iranian Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Maryam Jalali Dehkordi announced on September 30 that Tehran and Riyadh were making efforts to develop tourism relations and cancel visa requirements between the two countries.
“I met and talked with Sultan M. Al-Musallam, Saudi Arabia’s deputy tourism minister for international affairs. We discussed ways to remove obstacles to the development of tourism relations between the two countries,” Dehkordi, who is currently in Riyadh to participate in World Tourism Day activities, said, according to the Middle East Monitor.
The Iranian official went on to reveal that it has invited the Saudi Minister of Tourism, Ahmed Al Khateeb, to visit Iran in the near future.
The World Tourism Day was celebrated in Riyadh, where more than 500 officials and experts from at least 120 countries gathered.
Tehran and Riyadh severed ties in 2016 after Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran were attacked during protests over Riyadh’s execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
However, the two countries agreed to restore diplomatic relations following breakthrough talks which were held in the Chinese capital, Beijing, last March. In April, the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia officially announced the resumption of relations with immediate effect.
Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Iran arrived in the country as the Kingdom welcomed his Iranian counterpart.
The Saudi-Iranian rapprochement de-escalated tensions in the Middle East, especially in Yemen and Syria. The rapprochement was a major blow to the United States and its regional ally, Israel. Canceling visa requirements will further strengthen Iranian-Saudi ties, especially economic exchange.
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