Saudi Arabia and Iran continue to strengthen ties with high-level meetings and invitations.
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Saudi Arabia has invited Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to visit the kingdom, in a sign of a potential thaw in relations between the two regional rivals. The invitation was extended by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. The move comes amid efforts by Gulf Arab states to engage with Iran, which has been under US sanctions since 2018.
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