Saudi Arabia and Armenia agree to establish diplomatic relations

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, Saudi Arabia officially agreed to establish diplomatic relations with Armenia on Saturday and put an end to decades of conflict policy with this country.

According to the website “Radio Free Europe” of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Armenia announced that the ambassadors of Armenia and Saudi Arabia in the United Arab Emirates signed the relevant protocol in Abu Dhabi. In this document, the desire of the two countries to establish cordial relations in various fields is mentioned. The United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have maintained it, and both countries have embassies in Yerevan. It is not yet known whether Saudi Arabia and Armenia intend to open embassies in each other’s capital. The country had refused with the Republic of Azerbaijan over Karabakh.

The change in the policy of Armenia and Arabia in October 2021 was highlighted by the visit of the then president of Armenia, Armen Sarkisian, to Riyadh. And Sarkisian sat next to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia at the opening ceremony of the international meeting.

Soon after, “Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud”, the Saudi Foreign Minister and his Armenian counterpart on the sidelines of the security conference They talked in Munich, Germany. This was the first face-to-face meeting of the senior diplomats of the two countries.

In another sign of warming bilateral relations, a Saudi airline made its first commercial flight to Yerevan in It started in June this year.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced the imminent normalization of relations between Armenia and Saudi Arabia in a speech broadcast on Friday. .

He said: “I hope Armenia and Saudi Arabia establish diplomatic relations soon, which will be a very important development.”

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