The talks are expected to focus on the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and cooperation in the oil market, according to a Kremlin spokesman.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who plays a more influential role in the Middle East, is scheduled to visit the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, and host Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Moscow the next day.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that the talks would focus on bilateral relations and the war between Israel and Hamas.
Peskov said that discussions on cooperation in the oil market will be on the agenda of the talks, as Moscow is cooperating with the three countries through OPEC+, which consists of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies led by Russia.
Peskov said: “These discussions are taking place within the OPEC+ formula, but cooperation in this field is always on the agenda.”
OPEC+, which Putin helped create in 2016, announced new voluntary supply cuts last week, which was met with skepticism from the oil market.
Separately, Putin’s foreign policy advisor, Yuri Ushakov, said that Saudi-Russian cooperation within the Petroleum Cooperation Authority had been “fruitful.”
Ushakov said, according to what was reported by Russian news agencies, that “fairly close Russian-Saudi coordination in this form is a reliable guarantee of maintaining a stable and predictable situation in the global oil market.”
Putin’s quest to strengthen his relations with the Gulf states and other Middle Eastern countries is part of his efforts to show that Western attempts to isolate Moscow through sanctions over its war on Ukraine have failed.
The Russian leader did not make many international trips after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him in March, accusing Putin of deporting Ukrainian children.
Neither the UAE nor Saudi Arabia signed the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, meaning they would not have to arrest him if he entered their territory.
Regarding the current Israeli bombing of Gaza in response to the October 7 Hamas attacks, Putin sought to portray the war as a failure of US diplomacy, accusing Washington of choosing to provide economic “grants” to the Palestinians and abandoning efforts to help create a Palestinian state. Palestinian state.
He suggested that Moscow could play the role of mediator, thanks to its friendly relations with both Israel and the Palestinians, saying: “No one can doubt that we are playing for one side.”
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