Iran’s Zarif heads for Riyadh for King Abdullah’s memorial
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has departed for Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, to participate in the memorial ceremony of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
Zarif, who was in the Swiss city of Davos to participate in the 45th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, set off for Riyadh on Saturday.
King Abdullah died at the age of 90 on Friday. His 79-year-old half brother, Salman, succeeded him. The king’s body was buried in Riyadh in the presence of leaders and dignitaries from the four corners of the world later in the day.
The king reportedly died at hospital where he had been receiving medical treatment for several weeks. King Abdullah, who was admitted to the King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh in late December 2014, had been suffering from pneumonia and was reportedly breathing with the help of a tube.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has extended his condolences to the Saudi government and people on the monarch’s demise.
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