Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Cape Town, June 1, 2023
1 June 2023 14:03
1067-01-06-2023
On June 1, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting in Cape Town.
The ministers had an in-depth discussion on the priority issues of further expanding multi-dimensional and mutually beneficial Russia-Saudi cooperation in accordance with the agreements earlier reached at the highest level. The parties affirmed the intention of Moscow and Riyadh to intensify the political dialogue and strengthen coordination at the United Nations and at other multilateral platforms.
The ministers also extensively coordinated the two countries' positions on the topical international and Middle Eastern agendas, specifically focusing on settling military-political conflicts in Sudan and Yemen, and normalising the situation in and around Syria considering Syria's readmission into the League of Arab States following the decisions made at the recent pan-Arab summit in Jeddah.
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