The Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal bin Farhan met today with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of Ministerial Meeting of Friends of BRICS Group in Cape Town, South Africa.

During the meeting, the two sides reviewed aspects of friendship and cooperation between the two countries and ways to enhance and develop them in all fields. They also discussed consolidating bilateral and multilateral work regarding many fields of common interest.

During the meeting, Prince Faisal reiterated the Kingdom’s position in support of all regional and international endeavours to find a political solution to the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. The two sides also discussed the key issues raised in the Ministerial Meeting, held under the slogan “BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development, and Inclusive Multilateralism.

The meeting was attended by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Multiple International Affairs, Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Rassi, the Saudi Ambassador to South Africa, Sultan Al-Luyhan Al-Anqari, and the Director-General of Prince Faisal’s office, Abdulrahman Al-Daoud.

Source: Saudi Press Agency