Russian President Vladimir Putin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives the first interview to the “Al Arabiya” channel. Their exclusive interview will be broadcast on TV screens at 12pm on Sunday. The Russian president’s interview is significant in that President Putin is visiting Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates next week. His interview is important before his visit. According to Russian news agencies, the Russian president’s assistant Yuri Isakov announced that President Putin will visit Saudi Arabia on Monday October 14. After a one-day visit to Saudi Arabia, he will visit the United Arab Emirates on October 15. The Russian president last visited Saudi Arabia 12 years ago in February 2007, while Saudi King Salman visited Russia in 2017. The Russian president termed the visit historic.
About 30 memorandums of understanding, including economic and trade agreements will be signed during Putin’s visit to Saudi Arabia, the Russian official added. In addition, the Russian Investment Fund will announce about $ 2 billion investment in Saudi Arabia. Yuri Isakov said President Vladimir Putin will discuss cooperation in various fields, including bilateral cooperation in meeting with the Saudi leadership. The meeting will discuss energy, agriculture, industry, military affairs, technical cooperation, cultural and other projects. Talks between President Putin and Saudi Arabia’s leadership in the Middle East and North Africa, especially Syria, the Gulf, Yemen and the resolution of the Palestinian issue will also be discussed in particular. President Putin will hold separate meetings with Saudi King Salman and crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.
On the other hand, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Friday that ISIS (ISIS) militants detained in northeastern Syria may flee as a result of Turkish military action there. This is how ISIS can rise again in Syria. According to Russia’s Interfax Agency, President Putin, while talking on a visit to Turkmenistan, said he was not sure whether Turkey could overcome the situation. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters after meeting Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens “we strongly urge Turkey to make sure that its actions in northern Syria are balanced and proportionate during military operations in Syria.” And as a result, the problems of local citizens will not increase further. “We need to remember that we need to continue solidarity in our joint war against our common enemy, ISIS,” he said. Jens Stoltenberg said that the International Alliance has made such a big stride against ISIS that land occupied by the ISIS occupation is equal to the territory of Britain. The NATO chief said that the achievements in the war against ISIS are to be protected.
Meanwhile, Norway, a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ‘NATO’, has announced the suspension of the export of any new weapons to Ankara after Turkey began operations in northeast Syria on Thursday. Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide said that because the situation is complicated and changing rapidly, therefore, in the context of any precautionary measures the Foreign Ministry will not consider any request for export of defense and military equipment of various uses to Turkey.
