GCC Stresses Keenness on Consolidating Strategic Ties with Russia

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Albudaiwi meets with Russian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sergey Kozlov on Monday. (GCC)
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Albudaiwi meets with Russian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sergey Kozlov on Monday. (GCC)
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GCC Stresses Keenness on Consolidating Strategic Ties with Russia

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Albudaiwi meets with Russian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sergey Kozlov on Monday. (GCC)
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Albudaiwi meets with Russian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sergey Kozlov on Monday. (GCC)

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Albudaiwi held talks in Riyadh on Monday with Russian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sergey Kozlov.

Albudaiwi underscored the Gulf’s keenness on consolidating the strategic dialogue between the GCC and Russia in line with the memorandum of understanding they signed in 2011.

The officials discussed Gulf-Russian relations and cooperation between them to achieve security and stability.

They also tackled the latest regional and international developments of interest.



Saudi FM Receives Separate Phone Calls From His Spanish, British Counterparts

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah attends a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, August 17, 2023. (Reuters)
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah attends a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, August 17, 2023. (Reuters)
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Saudi FM Receives Separate Phone Calls From His Spanish, British Counterparts

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah attends a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, August 17, 2023. (Reuters)
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah attends a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, August 17, 2023. (Reuters)

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah received a phone call on Wednesday from British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs David Lammy.
During the talks, they discussed regional developments and the efforts to address them.

He also received a phone call from Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares, with whom he discussed regional developments and efforts undertaken to address them.