🇷🇺🇸🇦 A meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud took place in the Saudi King’s al-Yamamah Palace.

💬 Vladimir Putin: We expected to see you in Moscow. I know that the circumstances have affected these plans. But, as I said, nothing can prevent the development of our friendly relations. <...> The next meeting will hopefully take place in Moscow.

The Soviet Union was among the first to recognise the independent state of Saudi Arabia. This was almost a hundred years ago.

🤝 Much has happened in our relations during this time, but over the past seven years, they have certainly reached a truly unprecedented level.

We have stable, very good ties in political interaction, the economy and in humanitarian area.

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