Putin's Visit to the UAE and Saudi Arabia: Strengthening Oil Cooperation and an Attempt to Counteract Western Efforts to Isolate Russia

Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in the Arabian Peninsula, where he will visit the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in one day visit to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. This is the first visit of the Kremlin leader to the two countries after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. is aimed at discussing the situation on the oil market and strengthening cooperation with Gulf states in response to Western sanctions against Russia. This was reported by. UNN with reference to Bloomberg and Sky TV channel.

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Putin will meet with UAE ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi and hold talks with Abu Dhabi and will hold talks in the Saudi capital Riyadh with with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, the Kremlin said. His first visit to the two countries since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 coincides with negotiations on reducing the use of fossil fuels at the COP28 summit, summit hosted by the UAE in Dubai.

In the center of the discussions in Riyadh will be Russia's role in OPEC+, the Saudi-led alliance between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and other major oil producers. A separate group of the organization last week agreed to extend and deepen production cuts in order to support prices. production in order to support prices.

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Bloomberg quotes a statement by Andrei Kortunov, director of research at the Russian International Affairs Council. Kortunov, who said that Russia is "not isolated at the international level and has a large number of partners and friends in different parts of the world.

The Persian Gulf is one of the regions where we can demonstrate this most effectively

In addition, according to according to Abdulhalek Abdullah, a political expert from the UAE, these talks offer an opportunity for the countries of the Middle East, in particular the US ally Abu Dhabi, to emphasize about "good relations with everyone". Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, hopes that the Russian leader will strengthen the coordination of OPEC+, he said, after agreement to cut production by 2.2 million barrels per day in the first quarter. It is noted that officials from Moscow and Riyadh allegedly projected an image of close cooperation and mutual trust amid internal disagreements among the members of the alliance - we are talking about disagreements between Saudi Arabia, Angola, and Nigeria

It is also expected that Putin is also expected to discuss Israel's offensive against Hamas in Gaza. The publication reminds that the fighting has created a split between the United States, which supports Israel, and Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia. Speaking via video at the G20 summit last month, Putin called what is happening in the Gaza Strip "the extermination of civilians in Palestine. population in Palestine", and the head of the aggressor country also stated that a peaceful future is linked to the existence of two states. Now, as he emphasized foreign policy adviser Yuriy Ushakov emphasized, "the priority is to achieve a lasting ceasefire" with "the exchange of prisoners and detainees." Thus Thus, Moscow will try to take a significant place in the negotiations over the war between Israel-Hamas war. But, as the Sky Italia TV channel points out, Israel is not very happy with Russia's behavior, as a Hamas delegation visited Moscow in October.

As a reminder,

UNN reported, that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on December 6. and the United Arab Emirates. Earlier it became known that the International Criminal Court issued warrants for arrest of the president of russia Vladimir Putin.

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