Putin to visit UAE and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday

Published December 5th, 2023 - 09:31 GMT
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This pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech at a ceremony to receive credentials from newly appointed foreign ambassadors to Russia at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 4, 2023. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP)

ALBAWABA - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will be visiting the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, meanwhile, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is set to visit Moscow on Thursday.

"President Putin will go on a working visit to the UAE and Saudi Arabia tomorrow," Peskov said on Tuesday, adding that the Russian leader would discuss relations, the conflict between Israel and Hamas, and international politics.

Additionally, Peskov confirmed that President Raisi will be visiting Moscow. "I can confirm. There will be Russian-Iranian negotiations on December 7,".

Putin visited Iran in July last year and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov travelled to Tehran in October for talks with regional counterparts.

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