Iranian official: defense cooperation with Saudi Arabia is growing

Iran's military attaché in Saudi Arabia evaluated the level of Iran-Saudi Arabia defense cooperation as good and growing.

Colonel Mohammad Nabi Ebrahimi yesterday cited berthing of two Iranian navy warships in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah port, and participation of Quran reciters from the Islamic Republic Army in the fourth round of Quran competitions of World Armies in Riyadh as part of mutual cooperation.

Ebrahimi also referred to presence of three high ranking Saudi Arabian army officers in a ceremony held in Tehran to mark the Army Day as other examples of bilateral cooperation.

Pointing to the recent remarks by Saudi Arabian military attaché in Tehran, he added Iran is ready for conducting joint military exercises with Saudi Arabia with an aim of expanding defense cooperation with the Arab states.

Ebrahimi said that the security of the sensitive Middle East region had to preserved through expansion of cooperation among regional states.

He added the security of regional states is considered as part of Iran's security.