Iran, Saudi Arabia foreign ministers meet in China, discuss plans to reopen embassies

Tehran: Foreign ministers of rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran on Thursday met in Beijing to discuss the reopening of embassies in their respective countries, paving the way for normalised ties under a surprise China-brokered deal. The relations between the two countries had hit rock bottom seven years ago when protesters in Iran attacked Saudi diplomatic missions. Saudi Arabia's official state television broadcasted a brief video on Twitter of the meeting in Beijing showing foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian greeting each other with a handshake before sitting down side-by-side. فيديو | موفد #الإخبارية إلى…