Lavrov says Russia, Gulf countries able to promote ‘mutually beneficial partnership’
ISTANBUL (AA): The Russian foreign minister on Monday said Moscow and countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) possess all the mechanisms to promote their mutually beneficial partnership.
“Russia and the countries of the Cooperation Council have all the necessary mechanisms for the successful solution of the common tasks facing us, the promotion of mutually beneficial partnership, and its transfer to a systematic strategic basis,” Sergey Lavrov said ahead of the 6th ministerial meeting of the Russia-GCC Strategic Dialogue in Moscow.
Lavrov said Russia and GCC countries are seeking to expand economic ties, and that mutual trade at the end of 2022 exceeded $11 billion despite “difficult geopolitical conditions.”
“Of course, trade with each of the countries present here is not developing evenly, but the general trends are positive,” he added.
The Russian diplomat said the forum has been effective in the exchange of views between both parties on key regional and global issues, as well as developing economic and humanitarian cooperation.
Established in 1981, the GCC is a regional intergovernmental, political, and economic organization made up of six Gulf countries: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman.
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