Daily Mail: Saudi King rolls out red carpet for Vladimir Putin as Russian President starts first visit for a decade amid rising tensions between kingdom and Moscow's ally Iran
* Putin signed key deal aimed at stabilising global oil prices and calming tensions
* Two countries signed 20 agreements and contracts worth billions of dollars
* The visit follows attacks on Saudi oil installations that have been blamed on Iran
Russian President Vladamir Putin has signed a key deal with Saudi Arabia during his first visit to the country for a decade.
The deal, aimed at stabilising global oil prices and seeking to calm regional tensions with Iran, was signed yesterday.
Putin's visit follows attacks on Saudi oil installations that Saudi Arabia and the United States have blamed on Iran, an ally of Moscow.
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Update #1: Saudi visit signals Russian President Putin's growing Middle East influence (Reuters)
Update #2: King Salman, MBS welcome Putin with full military honors (Saudi Gazette)
WNU Editor: This blog made a prediction in 2015 that all roads in the Middle East will lead to Moscow .... When It Comes To The Middle East All Roads Now Lead to Moscow (September 26, 2019). Some events did not turn out as I had expected. But the big shift, the dominant role of Russia in the Middle East, has happened .... In the Middle East, there’s one country every side talks to: Russia (The Washington Post)
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