Brigadier General Bahman Behmar, Deputy Director of Operations of Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff, and Saudi Arabia’s Chief of Staff Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Wayli met on the sidelines of the World Defense Show 2024 in Riyadh on Monday.
During the meeting, Behmard emphasized Iran’s defense and military capabilities and expressed the country’s readiness to develop relations with Saudi Arabia.
He invited Mr. Ruwaili to visit Tehran and conveyed a message from the Iranian defense minister to the Saudi side.
Mr. Ruwaili expressed his gratitude to the Iranian delegation that attended the exhibition and stressed the need for expanded Tehran-Riyadh cooperation in the military and defense fields.
Iranian Ambassador to Riyadh Alireza Enayati posted photos from Monday’s meeting on X Message.
Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed in March last year to restore diplomatic relations, which were severed in 2016, under a deal brokered by China.
In a joint statement following the signing of the agreement, Tehran and Riyadh emphasized the need to respect each other’s national sovereignty and refrain from interfering in each other’s internal affairs.
The two countries have a Security Cooperation Agreement signed in April 2001 and another agreement reached in May 1998 to strengthen cooperation in economic, commercial, investment, technology, science, culture, sports and youth issues. agreed to carry out the
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