Last week Moscow was visited by Saudi ruler Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
accompanied by an entourage of a hundred people carried out in order to
hold meetings with Russia’s President
Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Several rounds of
negotiations were held with the Crown Prince and Defense Minister
Mohammed bin Salman, the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, the Minister
of Energy along with the head of the sovereign foundation of the Kingdom
who is in charge of Riyadh’s overseas investments. From the beginning
it was clear as to why the Saudi king would decide to come to Moscow for
the first time since 1926. Only two matters are of any importance to
Riyadh today: Iran and its policies in the region and collective oil
pricing. Everything else is treated as secondary concerns by Saudi
Arabia.
