Following Zelensky: The Subank Minister of the Russian Federation flew to Saudi Arabia
Volodymyr Kolokoltsev, the head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, for whom all sorts of foreign sanctions operated, visited Saudi Arabia without interruption and met with his colleague from the local ministry. About it reports Sky News. It happened a few days after President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky's speech at the League of Arab States in Jiddi.
This visit of a high -ranking official under Western sanctions, and his talks - within a few days after Zelensky's speech - indicate that in foreign policy, Saudi prefer to lavairle between Moscow and Kiev. Riyadh is a ancient Washington partner in the field of security, and at the same time maintains relations with Moscow against the background of war in Ukraine. Local state media reported that Kolokoltsev had a meeting with the Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia Prince Abdalaziz Bin Saud.
"The meeting discussed ways of expanding security cooperation between the ministries of the two countries of the two countries, as well as a number of issues of mutual interest," the statement said. It should be reminded that at the summit of the League of Arab states, Zelensky spoke with criticism about some Arab leaders, according to him, they "close their eyes to the war in Ukraine.