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He was received in Abu Dhabi by the President of the Emirates, Mohammed bin Sajid, as the state news agency WAM announced via X (formerly Twitter). According to Russian sources, Putin praised the countries’ bilateral relationship as historically unprecedented and invited Sajid to attend the 2024 Brics summit in Kazan. Brics represents the organization’s members: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
According to Putin, the United Arab Emirates is Russia’s most important trading partner in the Arab region. According to Russian media, the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine were also discussed during the conversation. There was no further information about the contents.
After his visit to Abu Dhabi, Putin wanted to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia.
According to Russian state news agency Tass, Putin last visited Saudi Arabia and the Emirates in 2019, before the coronavirus epidemic. The war of aggression against Ukraine has limited the Kremlin chief’s foreign contacts. The visit to the Gulf is the first since the start of the war in 2022 that is not aimed at direct allies such as China, Belarus or Kazakhstan (SDA)
Source: Blick
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