Riyadh, March 3, (IRNA) On the sidelines of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's meeting with the Saudi King Abdullah here Saturday, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki conferred with his Saudi counterpart Saud al-Faisal on matters of mutual concern.
At the meeting the two foreign ministers discussed expansion of cooperation and regional issues, including Lebanon and Iraq.
Ahmadinejad, accompanied by a high-ranking delegation, arrived in the Saudi capital of Riyadh this afternoon and was welcomed by a number of Saudi political officials.
The president is scheduled to participate in the banquet given in his honor by King Abdullah, during which the two sides are expected to exchange views on major Middle East issues.
On his one-day tour to Saudi Arabia, the chief executive is being accompanied by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei and a number of other Iranian political figures.