Key events toward rapprochement

2016:

Saudi Arabia cuts diplomatic ties with Iran in response to attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran, after the kingdom executed a Shiite cleric.

2023:

March 10: Saudi Arabia and Iran agree to restore diplomatic ties under China's mediation after years of hostility.

April 6: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meet in Beijing.

Aug 18: Amir-Abdollahian meets with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud in Jeddah.

Sept 6: Saudi Arabia and Iran exchange envoys.

Nov 11: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrives in Riyadh for a summit to discuss the conflict in Gaza.

Dec 15: The first vice-ministerial level meeting of the China-Saudi Arabia-Iran trilateral joint committee is held in Beijing.