MNA � Iranian official Amir-Abdollahian said Trump�s trip to Riyadh�most likely follows up on Saudis� proposal for investment up to $200bn for infrastructure and energy sector.


Iranian Parliament's General Director for International Affairs Hossein�Amir-Abdollahian told Mehr News that the credibility of Saudi regime does not rely on �democracy� and �support for its people�; rather, it has always been indebted to its reliance on the US. �In turn, the US uses Saudi Arabia as a tool to achieve its own interests in the region,� he added.

�Ever since Saudi Arabia sunk itself in Yemen�s swamp, it began to think of forming an Arab NATO to attract more support from American and Arab military forces,� he added.

About Trump�s backing of the Arab NATO, he said �the idea for forming an Arab NATO may find coverage in the media, but differences in the Arab world are just too many to allow a union like that to happen.�

About the future of Iran-Saudi Arabia�s relations given the hostile positions against the Islamic Republic and the Saudi regime�s wrong approaches in region, he said �Saudi Arabia wrongly assumes that by relying on foreign powers and raising baseless claims against Iran it can actually introduce itself as the leader of the Muslim world.�

Tehran has always welcomed relations with Riyadh based on mutual respect, he stressed.