Saudi Foreign Minister: Saudi Arabia Wants Normal Relations with Iran

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir stressed his country's desire to have good relations with Iran. 
This came during a joint press conference with South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana Mashabane last night in Riyadh. 
Regarding a question on Iranian President Hassan Rowhani's remarks in which he expressed Iran's desire to resolve all problems with Saudi Arabia, Al-Jubeir said that the Kingdom does not want tense relations with Iran, but wants to have normal relations. 
Al-Jubeir added "If they want better relations with Saudi Arabia and other Islamic countries, they should change their behavior and become a normal country and cease to be a revolutionary country seeking to export its revolution and its influence beyond its borders ... and then, the door will be open for them in order to have relations in the region." On the other hand, the Saudi Foreign Minister stressed the depth of relations between his country and the United States in various fields, despite fluctuations in the region. 
In responding to reporters' questions on the visit of US President Barack Obama on 21st of the next month to Saudi Arabia to attend the summit, and files that will be discussed in this summit, Al-Jubeir said that the US president will attend on the basis that this will be the second meeting of the Summit of the United States with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), as the first was held at Camp David almost a year ago, according to Saudi Press Agency (SPA). 
The Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs stressed that the visit to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia by President of South Africa Jacob Zuma was positive and aimed to strengthen relations between the two countries, adding that the talks held by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques with President Zuma addressed a number of issues, including the Palestinian issue and the Syrian crisis, in addition to the international efforts to combat terrorism and extremism. 
For her part, the South African Foreign Minister described the round of bilateral talks, co-chaired by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and President Jacob Zuma, as successful, during which they exchanged views to support common goals for the development of the nature of the bilateral relations to a strategic level, in terms of bilateral trade, investment and the economy as well as cultural relations.

Source: QNA