TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- A direct shipping line would be launched between the port cities of Bandar Kangan in southern Iran and Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported on Sunday.

Ahmad Mohammadizadeh, governor of Iran's Bushehr province, was quoted by IRNA as saying that the shipping line would serve as a gateway for trade between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Mohammadizadeh added the projects to develop Kangan Port and the city's quay were in the final stages, which upon completion would enable large ships capable of carrying high-tonnage consignments to berth in the port.

He said during a recent visit by Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Mehdi Safari to Bushehr, good decisions were made about using the capacities of the province's ports to boost Iran's trade with regional countries and establish the Kangan-Dammam shipping line.

In March 2023, Saudi Arabia and Iran reached in China's Beijing a groundbreaking agreement to resume diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies and missions within two months. Last April, the two countries officially announced the resumption of diplomatic relations with immediate effect.

Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran in early 2016 in response to attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran after the kingdom executed a Shiite cleric. Enditem

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