(VOVworld) - UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said on Tuesday that tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran would not affect peace talks on Syria, scheduled in Geneva later this month. He made the comment after his talks in Riyadh with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir. Abdullah al-Mouallimi, the Saudi Ambassador to the UN, said on Monday that the row with Tehran "should have no effect" on attempts to end the wars. On Sunday, Saudi Arabia severed its relations with Iran after the Saudi embassy in Tehran was set ablaze during protests against Saudi Arabia's execution of prominent Shia religious leader Nimr al-Nimr.