Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman al Saud MOSCOW, October 14 – RIA Novosti.
The visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Saudi Arabia reflects a qualitatively new level of relations between the countries compared to the previous visit of the Russian leader in 2007, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
“The visit reflects a qualitatively new level of relations compared to the visit that took place in 2007, and even compared to last year’s visit of His Majesty the King to Russia,” Lavrov said on Channel One.
Russian President Vladimir Putin at Russian-Saudi talks According to the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, „the parties stated at the talks that relations are developing steadily, in all directions, in trade, in the economy, and in investments.“ “I’ll especially note the investment sphere, in the military-technical sphere and in the sphere of foreign policy coordination, coordination of our actions,” the minister added.
He recalled that before the visits to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the president gave a great interview, where he showed the importance that for Russia has interaction with these countries of the Middle East region. „And the visit fully justified what the president talked about in this interview,“ Lavrov concluded.
