AhlulBayt News Agency

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Wednesday

9 October 2024

5:42:01 PM
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Iran’s foreign minister holds ‘constructive’ talks with Saudi counterpart

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held constructive discussions with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Riyadh.

AhlulBayt News Agency: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held constructive discussions with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Riyadh.

“Both sides called for an immediate cessation of hostilities against Gaza and Lebanon and for humanitarian aid to be delivered to the displaced as quickly as possible,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei said in a post on X.

“The two ministers also reviewed the current status of bilateral relations and emphasized their shared commitment to strengthening cooperation in various political, security, and economic areas.”

Foreign Minister Araghchi arrived in the Saudi capital on Wednesday for talks on ways to end Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza and its psychopathic bombardment of Lebanon.

The Iranian foreign minister also met with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.

The trip to Riyadh came more than a week after Iran’s missile strike on the Israeli-occupied territory which was in retaliation for Israel’s cowardly assassination of Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas in Tehran, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah and Iranian military advisor General Abbas Nilforoushan in Beirut.

In Beirut on Friday, Araghchi said Tehran supports efforts for a "simultaneous" ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza.

Israel has massacred over 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023.

The regime has also been bombarding Lebanon. At least 2,000 people have been killed.

The Israeli regime says it wants an end to Hezbollah’s Gaza solidarity operations, which have targeted the northern occupied territories for a year. But Hezbollah has vowed it won’t stop its attacks unless the genocide in Gaza stops.


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