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Kremlin says Russian-Saudi military cooperation not aimed at anyone

'Improvement of military cooperation between Russia, Saudi Arabia ... is not directed against a third party'

Reuters October 06, 2017

russian president vladimir putin r and saudi arabia 039 s king salman attend a welcoming ceremony ahead of their talks in the kremlin in moscow russia photo reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Saudi Arabia's King Salman attend a welcoming ceremony ahead of their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS

MOSCOW: Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's King Salman had discussed military cooperation in talks on Thursday and said other countries should not worry about such ties.

"Work on this will be continued," Peskov told reporters on a conference call. "The improvement of military cooperation between Russia and Saudi Arabia ... is not directed against a third party and we believe it's groundless to express concern about this issue."

Saudi king heads to Russia, with oil, investment and Syria on agenda

On Thursday, Saudi Arabia has agreed to buy Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems, Saudi-owned al Arabiya television reported.

The countries also signed a memorandum of understanding to help the kingdom in its efforts to develop its own military industries, a statement from state-owned Saudi Arabian Military Industries said.

COMMENTS (2)

Bunny Rabbit | 7 years ago | Reply I am missing something here .i thought KSA and US were close friends and Russia and US were not that close and now KSA and Russia are getting close .

cautious | 7 years ago | Reply Iran isn't going to be too happy about that decision - especially now that the American's have announced $15 Billion sale of THAD system to Saudi's. Seems like Saudi's are getting prepared for actual confrontation with their nemesis.

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