Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) seen in an Oct 14, 2019 meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Filepix credit: Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik/Kremlin via Reuters)
MOSCOW/RIYADH (March 14): Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman agreed on the importance of upholding their OPEC+ commitments and discussed moves to bring peace to Ukraine during a phone call, the Kremlin said late on Thursday.
The leaders of the two countries reaffirmed their commitment to fulfilling their obligations under the Opec+ agreement, the Kremlin said in a statement published after the call.
Putin also thanked the crown prince for Saudi Arabia's mediation efforts when it came to hosting negotiations between Russian and US diplomats in a meeting in February.
The crown prince told the Russian president that his kingdom remains committed to facilitating dialogue and supporting a political resolution to the Ukraine crisis, the Saudi state news agency reported on Friday.
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