Russian and Saudi foreign ministers to discuss Middle East, North Africa and Iran nuke problem - diplomat
MOSCOW. Nov 20 (Interfax) - Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal is expected to arrive in Moscow on Friday for negotiations with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
The agenda for tomorrow's meeting will be dominated by the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as the Iranian nuclear program, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said at a press briefing on Thursday.
"The visit by the kingdom's foreign minister to Moscow will be dedicated to profound analysis of the situation in the "hot spots" of the Middle East and North Africa - Syria, Libya and Iraq," Lukashevich said.
"The two sides also want to discuss the latest deterioration in Palestinian-Israeli relations, as well as the course of the P5+1 international brokers' talks on the Iranian nuclear program," he said.