Iran improves relations in the gulf, first war ship to Saudi Arabia

Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said his country wishes to enhance relations with Gulf Cooperation Council countries and remove obstacles with Iran's Gulf neighbors.

Kharazi said that since the Islamic summit meeting, held in Tehran last December, Iran has seen great improvement in its relations with Islamic, foreign and Arab countries, expressing his country's wish to solve pending issues with neighboring countries, including the United Arab Emirates.

Kharazi on Sunday said, "Improving relations among the Gulf states is an urgent matter for the regional stability and security of the Gulf region."

He went on to say that during five-day meetings with Gulf ambassadors, discussions will deal with means of expanding cultural, economic and political relations and "eliminating arising obstacles" between Iran and its Gulf neighbors.

Meantime the Iranian daily "Iran" reported on Sunday that the Iranian "logistic support" on Saturday anchored at the Saudi port of Jeddah on the Red Sea, loading Iranian officers, students in the maritime and the Revolution's guards -- the elite unite in in the Iranian army -- in the first contact of its kind between the two countries since 1979, MENA said.