Russia’s FM Meets with Permanent Delegates of AL Member Countries in Cairo

Cairo, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov underscored the importance of the Russian Arab relations and ways of enhancing them in all fields, disclosing that the sixth Arab Russian Cooperation Forum meeting at the foreign ministers level is in the offing.

This came during a speech Lavrov delivered before the protocol session of the Arab League Council held at the level of permanent delegates at the headquarters of the Arab League in the attendance of AL’s Secretary General Ahmed Abul-Ghait.

The Permanant Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Arab League Abdulrahman bin Saeed Al-Jumaa attended the meeting.

Addressing the gathering, Lavrov expressed gratitude of the interest of the Arab League in the situation in Ukraine, appreciating the balanced, just and responsible position the member countries of the AL took in this regard.

On the Palestinian cause, Russia’s minister called for reviving Al-Quds arrangement and solving the Palestinian crisis.

Source: Saudi Press Agency