Russia Saudi Arabia cement new friendship with king's visit
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and  Saudi Arabia's King Salman  attend a welcoming ceremony ahead of their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow  Russia October 5  2017. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Saudi Arabiaâs King Salman for talks at the Kremlin on Thursday  cementing a relationship that is pivotal for world oil prices and could decide the outcome of the conflict in Syria.
 King Salman  the first sitting Saudi monarch ever to visit Russia   led a delegation to Moscow that agreed joint investment deals worth several billion dollars  providing much-needed investment for a Russian economy battered by low oil prices and Western sanctions.
On his journey into central Moscow from Vnukovo airport late on Wednesday   King Salmanâs limousine  passed billboards bearing  his  photograph and messages in Russian and Arabic welcoming  him .
âI am sure that your visit will provide a good impulse for the development of relations between our two states â Putin told  King Salman  later as they sat alongside each other in the Kremlinâs lavishly-decorated Green Parlour.
 The Saudi king  invited Putin to visit  his  country - an offer the Russian leader accepted - and said they planned to keep cooperating to keep world oil prices stable.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and  Saudi Arabia's King Salman  walk before their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow  Russia October 5  2017. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin shows the way to Saudi Arabia's King Salman during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow  Russia  October 5  2017. REUTERS/Yuri Kadobnov/Pool
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and   [TGT] attend a welcoming ceremony ahead of their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow  Russia October 5  2017. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted  [TGT]  for talks at the Kremlin on Thursday  cementing a relationship that is pivotal for world oil prices and could decide the outcome of the conflict in Syria.
  [TGT] led a delegation to Moscow that agreed joint investment deals worth several billion dollars  providing much-needed investment for a Russian economy battered by low oil prices and Western sanctions.
On  [TGT]  journey into central Moscow from Vnukovo airport late on Wednesday   King Salmanâs limousine  passed billboards bearing   [TGT]   photograph and messages in Russian and Arabic welcoming   [TGT]  .
âI am sure that your visit will provide a good impulse for the development of relations between our two states â Putin told   [TGT] later as they sat alongside each other in the Kremlinâs lavishly-decorated Green Parlour.
  [TGT] invited Putin to visit   [TGT]   country - an offer the Russian leader accepted - and said they planned to keep cooperating to keep world oil prices stable.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and  Saudi Arabia's King Salman  walk before their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow  Russia October 5  2017. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin shows the way to Saudi Arabia's King Salman during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow  Russia  October 5  2017. REUTERS/Yuri Kadobnov/Pool