Iraq will quickly approve the nomination of a non-resident Saudi ambassador, meaning the kingdom will have an ambassador to Iraq for the first time since 1990, the Iraqi premier's spokesman said Tuesday.

" Iraq 's response accepting this request will be quick," Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's spokesman Ali Mussawi told AFP.

"The Iraqi government welcomes this step, and we consider it a first step, and we are waiting for more steps," such as "the appointment of a resident ambassador in the country," he said.

A Saudi official told AFP Monday that the kingdom had nominated its ambassador in Jordan as the non-resident ambassador in Iraq .

It will be the first time Saudi Arabia has had an ambassador to Iraq since 1990, when now-executed dictator Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait .

"We presented today the nomination of the ambassador of the Kingdom for Jordan as the non-resident ambassador in Iraq ," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

The request was presented to the Iraqi embassy in Riyadh , the official said.

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