Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said that Iran is a neighboring country and the Kingdom aspires to have a good relationship with it, wishing the Houthis to come to the dialogue table to end the war.
In a television interview broadcast on Tuesday evening, the Saudi Crown Prince explained that Iran is a neighboring country to his country, and that what Saudi Arabia is seeking is a good and distinct relationship with it in a way that serves the interests of the two countries, indicating that his country is seeking with its partners to solve what he described as the existing problems with Tehran on some issues.
He added, "We do not want Iran's situation to be difficult, on the contrary, we want Iran to grow and have interests in it and have interests in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to push the region and the world to growth and prosperity."
On the Yemeni issue, the Saudi Crown Prince said that he hopes the Houthis will accept a ceasefire and sit at the negotiating table to reach a solution that guarantees the rights of all Yemeni parties and the interests of the countries of the region.
In another context, bin Salman confirmed that the Kingdom agrees with the administration of US President Joe Biden on 90% of the issues, considering that the United States is a strategic partner.
On the other hand, the Saudi Crown Prince revealed that the Kingdom is in talks with a foreign energy company to sell it 1% of the shares of the huge oil company Aramco, without naming that company.
The Saudi Crown Prince said, "There is now discussion about the acquisition of 1% by one of the leading energy companies in the world, and this will be a very important deal to boost Aramco's sales in the country in which it (the company) is located, which is a very huge country."
The Saudi crown prince spoke during the interview about discussions with several companies to buy different shares of Aramco (French)
In the same interview, he also talked about the intention of the Kingdom, the largest oil exporter in the world, to sell stakes to other companies and offer shares locally.
He said, "There are also discussions with other companies to buy different shares, and there is a part of Aramco shares that may be transferred to the Public Investment Fund, and a part is offered in the form of annual offerings in the Saudi market."
Aramco was listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange in December 2019 after the world's largest initial public offering (IPO), valued at $ 29.4 billion, in exchange for selling 1.7% of its shares.
Last March, Aramco announced that it had achieved net profits of $ 49 billion in 2020, a decline of 44.4% from the profits of the previous year, due to the decline in crude oil prices with the decline in global demand due to the Covid-19 epidemic.