Shoura Council Delegation Concludes Visit to Moscow

Moscow, May 31, SPA -- The Shoura (Consultative) Council delegation
headed by the Council's Chairman Sheikh Dr.Abdullah bin Mohammed bin
Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh concluded a visit to Moscow today.

The visit of the Shoura Council delegation was in response to an
invitation of President of Russian Federation Council Sergei Mironov.


During the visit, the delegation discussed with Russian officials
aspects of cooperation between the two countries in various fields,
especially Saudi-Russian parliamentary relations.

Saudi Ambassador to Russia Ali Jaafar commended the outcome of the
visit of the Shoura Council, which embodied understanding that
prevails between the two sides as well as the convergence of their
views about many issues of common concern, pointing out that
parliamentary action needs more communications and exchanges of
visits between the parliamentary friendship committees to find a
complementary relationships in this vital field.

He stressed the convergence of views between the leaders of Saudi
Arabia and Russia on a number of issues at Arab and international
arenas, adding that in the area of counter-terrorism, it can be
activated to an international coordination for the interest of
security and stability in the world.

The Saudi Ambassador noted that Saudi Arabia and Russia are among
the largest oil exporters in the world, indicating that they have
advanced technologies in the field of oil industries, and these
features can be developed into further partnership in the areas of
investment.

On his part, Russian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Viktor Kudriavtsev
said that Saudi-Russian cooperation has been steadily growing in
recent years within the framework of the exchanges of visits between
the leaderships of the two countries, pointing in this regard to the
visits of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin
Abdulaziz Al Saud to Russia in 2003; Crown Prince Sultan bin
Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation
and Inspector General, to Russia in 2007, and Russian Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin to Saudi Arabia in 2007, affirming that these visits
have given significant advancement to bilateral relations and opened
new areas of cooperation.

He pointed out that the Russian side attached great importance to
the visit of the Shoura delegation and said it opened up new avenues
of Inter-parliamentary cooperation.

The Russian Ambassador noted the years between 1996 - 2009 have
witnessed a number of exchanges of visits between the Shoura Council
and its Russian counterpart, emphasizing that these visits have
contributed to the exchanges of parliamentary views as well as the
promotion of cooperation between the two governments and peoples of
the two countries in the areas of economy and culture.

--SPA