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

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.

The king reportedly died at hospital where he had been receiving medical treatment for several weeks.

Iranian President Sheikh Hasan Rouhani has extended his condolences to the Saudi government and people on the monarch’s demise.