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...