| Saudi Arabia said yesterday it will resume diplomatic relations with Iraq even as Egypt's envoy to Baghdad was reported kidnapped. Dr. Saleh Al-Kohaimi, head of the Arab states department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the Kingdom was one of the four Arab states ready to send ambassadors to Baghdad. The two countries have decided to renew diplomatic ties after a break of 13 years. Al-Kohaimi said the ambassador to Baghdad would be named shortly. He said the Kingdom would welcome the return of an Iraqi ambassador to Riyadh. |