Iran's president is officially invited to Riyadh by the Saudi monarch.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has invited Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to a meeting in Riyadh, Raisi's deputy chief of staff said on Sunday. Planning is also underway for a meeting between the two countries' foreign ministers, after a Chinese-mediated deal restored diplomatic relations following a seven-year rift. Relations between the Sunni kingdom and the Shia republic broke down in 2016, after Iranian protesters stormed Saudi consulates following Riyadh's execution of a Shia scholar. However, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced last week that they would restore diplomatic ties and commit to "non-interference" in each other's internal affairs. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told Tehran's state media that he will meet with his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, in the near future.