I am so pleased to read the report “KSA opens door to Iran for talks” (May 14). I am sure that President Hassan Rouhani’s government will respect the offer and respond positively to defuse the tension in the region mainly caused by superpowers and Israel.

By this artificially created situation, the international community has conveniently forgotten the real unsolved issue in the region i.e. the Israeli-Palestinian issue. So the real beneficiary by this superpower manipulation is the Zionist state of Israel. I have no doubt that all the OIC member countries will be extremely pleased with the Saudi foreign minister’s move.

With this proposed talks — which anti-unity forces hate to see taking place — tension in the region will be reduced if not vanish completely. The OIC member countries should always bear in mind that the Zionist state is their common enemy and the superpowers are manipulated by its dubious advice.

We highly commend the Saudi foreign minister for initiating these talks with Iran, while reminding Iran that the ball is now in its court and it should respond positively.

S.H. Moulana

Riyadh