Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived on Tuesday on an official two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, a TASS correspondent reports.
The Russian minister is scheduled to hold talks that day with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, as well as a meeting with Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Hussein Ibrahim Taha.
Lavrov is scheduled to attend a joint ministerial meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Wednesday, as well as bilateral meetings with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser al-Sabah.
Lavrov arrived in Saudi Arabia from Bahrain, where he had earlier held talks with his counterpart Abdel Latif bin Rashed al-Zayani and also held meetings with Bahraini King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
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Based on materials from TASS