Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan have discussed ways to improve mutual relations in various fields and the need to hold constant coordination and consultation to monitor the progress of their ties.

According to The Iran Project, Araghchi and bin Farhan met on Sunday on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The top Iranian and Saudi diplomats exchanged views about leading regional and international developments, particularly Israel’s nearly year-long genocidal war on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

At least 41,431 Palestinians, mostly children and women, have been killed and 95,818 people wounded in the war that Israel began on October 7, 2023, following a retaliatory operation by the Palestinian territory’s resistance movements.