On Saturday Saudi Foreign Minister al-Jubeir was in Bagdad for talks with his Iraqi counterpart Al-Jaafari. This was the first visit of this kind in years, as a government official said it was the first visit of a Saudi Foreign Minister since 2003 and for that reason its importance is so deep and marks a key step in efforts to mend frosty bilateral relations. This visit is a product of the Iraqi Foreign Minister’s efforts to improved stained ties with other countries such as Saudi Arabia, which restablished diplomatic relations with Iraq in 2016 when Al-Sabhan became the first saudi ambassador to Iraq in a quarter century after relations were cut-off after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait.
