The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at Al-Salam palace in Jeddah Tuesday evening King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
At the outset of the meeting, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques welcomed His Majesty who, in turn, expressed happiness to visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and have an audience with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
Then, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques gave a dinner party in honor of His Majesty the King of Jordan and the accompanying delegation.
The reception party and the banquet were attended by Prince Khalid Al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Governor of Makkah Region; Prince Mansour bin Saud bin Abdulaziz; Prince Talal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz; Prince Dr. Mansour bin Miteb bin Abdulaziz, Minister of State and Member of the Cabinet and Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques; Prince Dr. Khalid bin Faisal bin Turki, Undersecretary of the Ministry of National Guard for the Western Sector; Prince Sattam bin Saud bin Abdulaziz; Prince Mishaal bin Majed bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Jeddah Province; Prince Dr. Abdulaziz bin Sattam bin Abdulaziz, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense; Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, Counselor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Advisor to the Ministry of Interior; Prince Nawaf bin Naif bin Abdulaziz; Prince Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Governor of Makkah Region; and Prince Rakan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz also attended the events.
Meanwhile, President Vladimir Putin of Russia received in Moscow Tuesday Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense.
During the meeting, they discussed ways of enhancing Saudi-Russian oil agreement, which was led by the Kingdom, among non-OPEC oil producing countries, especially Russia, and discussed means of stimulating and activating this agreement to achieve positive returns to stabilize the oil markets.
The two sides also reviewed the Saudi-Russian cooperation in the field of petrochemical industries and a number of oil industries, as well as the partnership and uniting efforts to combat terrorism and extremist thought in Central Asia, and the regional issues and Syrian crisis.
The meeting was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir; Minister of Trade and Investment Dr. Majid Al-Qassabi; Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Eng. Khalid Al-Faleh, and a number of officials from Saudi and Russian sides.