Dubai. Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, who is facing Western sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, visited Saudi Arabia early Tuesday and held talks with his counterpart there. Government media gave this information.
Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev arrived in Riyadh just days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed an Arab League summit in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah last Friday. The visits underscore how Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries maintained their ties with Russia during the Ukraine War.
According to the official Saudi Press Agency, Kolokoltsev met Saudi Arabia’s Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz. Discussed ways to increase security cooperation between the two. No immediate information was given by the Russian media about Kolokoltsev’s Saudi visit.
Kolokoltsev, 68, has also been sanctioned by the US since 2018 as part of sanctions imposed on Russia over its activities in Syria and Ukraine. According to the US Treasury Department, Australia, Canada, the European Union (EU) ), Japan, New Zealand and Britain have all imposed separate sanctions on Kolokoltsev. Saudi Arabia has been buying diesel from Russia at a deep discount since the war in Ukraine broke out, despite Western sanctions. Russian diesel is cheaper to him, while he is exporting the crude oil produced by him abroad to earn profits in the global market.
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