. >> this week on talk to al jazeera, we are talking with iran's foreign minister mohammed shyamalan. >> you said iran does not seem to be on your agenda for the time being. is this a sign that relations are still strained? >> i said that saudi arabia is an important country in our region. we believe that iran's relations with saudi arabia are important for iran, our relations with our neighbors. i played a decision to come to the region immediately after returning from general easy a it can only help the entire region and is not against any of our neighbors. that decision came very late, and we are still arranging a couple of other trips that we have to make to the region to complete my tour. so, it's too early to say whether the fact that it means our relation with saudi arabia is strained. i hope to be able to arrange a meeting in saudi aur abe i can't. >> the reason i ask you this question, i have been traveling extensively in this part of the world, which is a tree dominantly sunni world. the perception of this part of the world is is that iran is a destabilizing factor, trying t