MOSCOW (Reuters) \u2013 Russia is preparing for President Vladimir Putin to visit Saudi Arabia after he received an invitation from Saudi King Salman, agencies cited Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov as saying on Friday.<\/p>\n
The visit will happen at a time depending on Putin\u2019s schedule, Bogdanov was quoted as saying. He did not say what the talks in Saudi Arabia might touch upon or when Riyadh\u2019s invitation to Putin was made.<\/p>\n
Russia and Saudi Arabia, which is a close Middle Eastern ally of the United States, have cooperated closely on global oil markets to curb production between OPEC and non-OPEC countries.<\/p>\n
In October 2017, King Salman became the first Saudi monarch to visit Russia, meeting Putin in the Kremlin.<\/p>\n
In July, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shared a box with Putin at the opening match of Russia\u2019s soccer World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe visit is being worked on, the timing will depend on the president\u2019s schedule,\u201d Bogdanov was quoted as saying by TASS.<\/p>\n
He did not say when the visit would happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the presidential administration\u2019s prerogative, but I think a visit will logically follow. The president has an invitation from King Salman,\u201d he was quoted by RIA as saying.<\/p>\n
Reporting by Andrey Ostroukh; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Mark Heinrich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MOSCOW (Reuters) \u2013 Russia is preparing for President Vladimir Putin to visit Saudi Arabia after he received an invitation from Saudi King Salman, agencies cited Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov as saying on Friday. The visit will happen at a time depending on Putin\u2019s schedule, Bogdanov was quoted as saying. He did not say what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":104481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7863],"tags":[41542,8771,8772,8471,41541],"class_list":["post-104480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-section","tag-mikhail-bogdanov","tag-putin","tag-russia","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-saudi-king-salman"],"yoast_head":"\n