Zarif meets Kuwaiti Foreign Minister

EghtesadOnline: Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif met his Kuwaiti counterpart, Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Sabah on Wednesday.

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25 January 2017

During the one-day visit to Tehran, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister will meet Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani and will deliver a message of his country emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah to him.

The last visit of Kuwaiti Foreign Minister to Iran backs to two years ago, according to ISNA.

The visit comes days after Rouhani said countries including Kuwait had offered to mediate in the escalating feud between Shi'ite Muslim Iran and Sunni power Saudi Arabia.

Kuwaiti news agency KUNA quoted Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Sabah as saying relations between Iran and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) of six Arab states "must be based on the UN Charter and principles of international laws".

Iran and Saudi Arabia back opposite sides in civil wars in Syria and Yemen.