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Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met in Beijing on Thursday. This is the first formal meeting between Saudi Arabia and Iran's most senior diplomats in more than seven years.
“Beijing has been playing a much more active role, even in the Persian Gulf region,” Reza Zabib, Assistant Minister for Asia-Pacific of Iranian Foreign Ministry, told CGTN.