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Saudi Crown Prince Congratulates President of Brazil on Independence Day

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (C) arrives in the presidential Rolls Royce for the Independence Day military parade on the Esplanade of the Ministries in Brasilia, Brazil, 07 September 2024. (EPA)
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (C) arrives in the presidential Rolls Royce for the Independence Day military parade on the Esplanade of the Ministries in Brasilia, Brazil, 07 September 2024. (EPA)
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Saudi Crown Prince Congratulates President of Brazil on Independence Day

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (C) arrives in the presidential Rolls Royce for the Independence Day military parade on the Esplanade of the Ministries in Brasilia, Brazil, 07 September 2024. (EPA)
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (C) arrives in the presidential Rolls Royce for the Independence Day military parade on the Esplanade of the Ministries in Brasilia, Brazil, 07 September 2024. (EPA)

Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, sent on Saturday a cable of congratulations to Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his country's Independence Day.

Crown Prince Mohammed wished him continued good health and happiness, and the government and people of Brazil steady progress and prosperity.

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Putin Thanks Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince for Helping Major US-Russia Prisoner Swap

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman walk during a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 6, 2023. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS/ File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman walk during a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 6, 2023. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS/ File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
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Putin Thanks Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince for Helping Major US-Russia Prisoner Swap

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman walk during a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 6, 2023. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS/ File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman walk during a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 6, 2023. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS/ File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he was grateful to Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for helping to organize the biggest US-Russian prisoner swap since the Cold War.

"Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince played an active role in the initial stages of this work. We are very grateful to him, as it resulted in the return of our citizens to the homeland," Putin said at the Eastern Economic Forum.

Putin and Prince Mohammed bin Salman, have fostered a close personal relationship since 2015 when the prince visited Russia for the first time.

The relationship has helped the leaders of the world's two biggest oil exporters conclude and maintain the OPEC+ energy deal.

US journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-US Marine Paul Whelan returned to the United States on Aug. 1, hours after being freed from Russian detention in the biggest prisoner exchange between the two countries since the Cold War, according to Reuters.

The swap deal, worked on in secrecy for more than a year, involved 24 prisoners - 16 moving from Russia to the West and eight sent back to Russia from the West.

Putin also thanked Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan for providing the venue for the exchange. He mentioned that several other Arab countries facilitated the swap but did not name them.