Iran: No Invitation Received for Zarif’s Visit to Saudi Arabia

(FNA)- Senior Iranian foreign ministry officials announced on Wednesday that Tehran has not yet received any written invitation for Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's visit to Saudi Arabia.

“We have not yet received any written invitation for our foreign minister's visit to Saudi Arabia," Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told Al-Alam news network.

The remarks by Amir Abdollahian came after some media claimed that the Saudi foreign minister said that he had sent an official letter of invitation to Zarif to pay an official visit to the Arab country.

Amir Abdollahian, however, said that "a meeting between the two countries' foreign ministers is on our agenda".

Meantime, the Iranian diplomat pointed to Iran and Saudi Arabia as two regional kingpins, and said, “We welcome negotiations and meetings to resolve regional problems and remove misunderstandings, and also expand bilateral ties.”

On Tuesday, Al-Faisal underlined the vital importance of improving relations with Iran.

"Iran is a neighbor, we have relations with them and we will negotiate with them," the Saudi foreign minister told reporters.

"We will talk with them in the hope that if there are any differences, they will be settled to the satisfaction of both countries," he added.