26 Apr 2024
Wednesday 19 October 2016 - 18:13
Story Code : 235662

Iran amb. to UK: No prospect for Saudi coop. sans accepting Iran's role

TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) Irans Ambassador to London said security cooperation in the reregional pogion cannot happen if Saudi Arabia refuses to recognize Irans regional influence.


Irans newly-appointed ambassador to London, Hamid Baeidinejad, attended a meeting in UKs Parliament on Tuesday.

Following the meeting, in a post on his official Twitter account, the Iranian diplomat said no clear prospect for security coop[eration] in the region so long as Saudis do not recognize Iran's role.

Baeidinejad accompanied his tweet with a picture of Tuesdays meeting at the UK parliament:



Hamid Baeidinejad, formerdirector general for political and international security affairs at Iran's Foreign Ministry, was the head of the expert team of Irans nuclear negotiating delegation.

The Iranian and British embassies have been operatingover the past year at the level of charges daffaires, until Sep. 5, 2016, when the two sides upgraded ties to ambassador level after five years.Nicholas Hopton has been appointed asthe new British ambassador to Tehran.

By Mehr News Agency

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