TEHRAN, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia has agreed to grant a visa to an Iranian diplomat to head Iran's interests office in the Arab country, official IRNA news agency reported Sunday.
The diplomat would serve as the caretaker of Iran's interests office in Saudi Arabia, an informed diplomatic source told IRNA.
It was announced on Saturday that Iran plans to open an interests office in Saudi Arabia to undertake diplomatic affairs.
Iran is ready for negotiations with Saudi Arabia and welcomes mediations by the third countries to settle problems with Riyadh, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said.
Saudi Arabia severed its diplomatic relations with Iran in January 2016, following the Saudi embassy in Tehran and its consulate in the northeastern city of Mashhad were stormed by angry Iranian protesters, who set the diplomatic missions ablaze for the execution of top Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia.
Besides, Saudi Arabia has been leading an Arab military coalition against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen since 2015, to support the government of internationally recognized President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who was forced into exile in Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia.
