Tehran, Jan 24, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif departed Switzerland for Saudi Arabia on Saturday morning to attend commemoration service for the late King Abdullah.
  Zarif arrived in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22 to attend the 45th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.
Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday issued a communiqué, condoling with the Saudi government and nation demise of King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz.

King Abdullah died early Friday morning in a Riyadh hospital after a long illness.

Emir Salman Bin Abdul Aziz is the new Saudi monarch and the late King Abdullah's step brother Emir Abdul Aziz is the new Saudi crown prince.

By IRNA

 

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