Saudi defense minister could discuss specific investment projects in Russia

ST. PETERSBURG, June 17. /TASS/. Saudi Defense Minister Prince Mohammad bin Salman could discuss the possibility of investment in Russian projects on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), the CEO of the SPIEF foundation, Sergey Belyakov, told TASS Wednesday. "If the political leadership of the country at the top level is coming here to discuss the agenda of cooperation and possible investment, this is a demonstration of the fact that we are not hypothetically interesting but very much interesting from the point of view of specific projects, specific investment," Belyakov said. He said that "Saudi Arabia is a country possessing huge investment resources and of course we should fight for this resource." Belyakov said investors from Saudi Arabia could be interested in "infrastructural projects: transport, port, logistical, especially in the Far East and Siberia, property." Earlier, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mohammad bin Salman will on June 18 discuss on the SPIEF sidelines the situation in the Middle East and the fight against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. Read more