Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council (EC) Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani received the new Saudi envoy, calling for coordination with Riyadh in regional and Muslim world affairs.

Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council (EC) Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani received the new Saudi envoy, calling for coordination with Riyadh in regional and Muslim world affairs.

If the two countries are in accord in regional issues and Muslim world affairs, the seditionists among Muslims will have no chance to foment discord among followers of different Islamic sects,” Rafsanjani told the new Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Iran, Abdul Rahman bin Gharman Al-Shihri, on Monday.

He stressed the expansion of ties between Tehran and Riyadh at different levels, saying it would not only benefit the two countries, but also bring about improved relations among other Muslim states.

Rafsanjani also regretted that potentials of the Muslim world have not been tapped for the benefit of world Muslims.

He underlined the need for laying out a criterion for Muslim world cooperation, and warned that disputes would give rise to the regional insecurity and wasting the Islamic world’s potentials.

For his part, the Saudi envoy referred to the abundant cultural and historical common grounds as what bonds the two Muslim countries.

He praised the foreign policy of President Hasan Rouhani, saying this policy has had positive effects in Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries.