Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan agreed on Sunday to hold a meeting within the coming days.

In a telephone conversation the top Iranian diplomat expressed pleasure with the positive trend of ties between Tehran and Riyadh, Tasnim news agency reported.

Amir Abdollahian also underlined the Islamic Republic’s resolve to expand its policy of neighborliness, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s website.

For his part, Bin Farhan stressed the need for Iranian and Saudi officials to keep in touch and described the current measures of the two sides as positive and satisfactory.

The two senior diplomats also discussed the latest state of the agreement on the restoration of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia and agreed to have a meeting in the coming days.

After several days of intensive negotiations hosted by China, Iran and Saudi Arabia clinched a deal on March 10 to restore diplomatic relations and reopen embassies and missions within two months after seven years of estrangement.

Source: Iranian media