Saudi Crown Prince meets Iran Foreign Minister as relations thaw

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Saudi Arabian Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, met Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, on Friday in the highest-level talks since the countries reconciled in March, after years of bitter rivalry that destabilised the region, Reuters reports. The unscheduled meeting in Jeddah comes a day after Amirabdollahian arrived in the Kingdom and declared ties between the countries were "on the right track" following talks with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan. "Discussions were frank, beneficial and productive," Amirabdollahian said in a social media post after meeting the de facto Saudi ruler, adding that the countries "agree on the security and…