TEHRAN (Tasnim) � Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said he is scheduled to pay an official visit to Saudi Arabia in the near future.



�I will certainly travel to Saudi Arabia. The exact date of the trip has not been set so far, and we will wait to talk to our brothers in Saudi Arabia,� Zarif told reporters here in Tehran on Wednesday.

Earlier on September 19, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hailed Saudi Arabia as a close friend of the Islamic Republic, and expressed both nations� willingness to smooth over "trivial tensions" that have strained bilateral relations.

Referring to Saudi Arabia as a �friend and brother� of Iran, the Iranian president had announced that both sides were �willing to remove trivial tensions from the path (of bilateral ties) in order to fulfill bilateral and the Islamic world�s interests.�

He had also stated that Tehran and Riyadh have a lot of common interests and enjoy regional commonalities, and emphasized the need for upgrading the level of interactions between the two Muslim countries.

�This issue (expansion of ties) has been emphasized both in the Saudi king�s congratulatory letter to me and in my letter to thank him,� Rouhani added.

By Tasnim News Agency�

 

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