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Saudi Arabia to receive first Iranian presidential visit

RIYADH, March 3 (AFP) - Saudi Arabia is set to receive its first Iranian presidential visit later this month when Mohammad Khatami joins the annual hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Defence Minister Sultan ibn Abdel Aziz said Wednesday.

The minister, quoted by the official SPA news agency, gave no precise date for the president's arrival, although the pilgrimage to Mecca starts at the end of March.

Prince Sultan said he would visit Iran "after the pilgrimage."

Moslems are obliged under Islam to make the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lives if they have the means and numerous national leaders undertake the hajj.

Relations between Tehran and Riyadh have improved since the election in May 1997 of reformist Khatami and an Islamic summit held in Tehran in December of that year.

Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi began a visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on the oil price collapse.

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