By Ibrahim Saleh</p> <p><br></p> <p>BAGHDAD (AA) – Saudi Arabia opened a consulate in the Iraqi capital on Thursday in a ceremony attended by Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali al-Hakim.</p> <p><br></p> <p>“The foreign minister attended the opening ceremony for the kingdom’s new consulate in Baghdad,” the ministry said in a statement.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Iraq-Saudi relations were suspended following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990.</p> <p><br></p> <p>They were restored after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, but Baghdad’s continued close ties with Iran — Riyadh’s arch-rival in the region — served to keep relations frosty.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Iraq-Saudi relations picked up, however, during Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s period in office from 2014 to 2018.
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