The remark Wednesday by the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and
Presidential envoy for the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov offering
Moscow’s mediation for a rapprochement
between Riyadh and Tehran comes within the week of the Saudi King Salman
bin Abdulaziz’s talks with President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.
Bogdanov was on a visit to Rabat and probably had the Middle East
audience in view. [ 821 more words ]