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Iran says Tehran and Riyadh are interested in more talks

FILE PHOTO: Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building, housing IAEA headquarters, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Tehran and Riyadh are interested in holding more talks, the Iranian foreign ministry said on Wednesday before U.S. President Joe Biden visits the region when he is expected to try to bring Saudi Arabia and Iran's arch-foe Israel closer together.

Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia and Shi'ite Iran, which are locked in proxy conflicts across the Middle East, have held five rounds of talks hosted by Baghdad, which the Foreign Ministry spokesperson described on Wednesday as "promising".

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