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The leaders of Iran and Saudi Arabia, regional rivals who earlier this year restored diplomatic ties after years of hostility, met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday at a summit where they called for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and the unconditional delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave, which Israeli forces have been bombarding since the October 7 Hamas attack in southern Israel.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, whose visit to Saudi Arabia was the first by an Iranian president to the kingdom in more than a decade, was greeted at the summit venue by Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The two had spoken by phone for the first time just a few days after October 7 At the summit, Raisi criticised the international community for what he said was its silence on violations committed against civilians in Gaza.
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