CAPE TOWN — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan met on Thursday with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the Ministerial Meeting of Friends of BRICS Group in Cape Town, South Africa.

During the meeting, the two sides reviewed aspects of friendship and cooperation between the two countries and ways to enhance and develop them in all fields. They also discussed consolidating bilateral and multilateral work regarding many fields of common interest.

Prince Faisal reiterated the Kingdom's position in support of all regional and international endeavors to find a political solution to the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. The two sides also discussed the key issues raised in the Ministerial Meeting, held under the slogan "BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development, and Inclusive Multilateralism.

Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah also met with India's Minister for Foreign Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Cape Town on Thursday.

During the talks, the two ministers reviewed historical and solid relations between the two friendly countries and peoples and ways to boost and develop them in various areas. They also discussed enhancing bilateral and multilateral coordination on many regional and international issues of mutual interest.

The two ministers stressed the importance of intensifying joint efforts in establishing international peace and security and enhancing the contribution to achieving sustainable development goals, as well as exchanging views on topics on the agenda of the Brics meeting.

The meetings were attended by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Multiple International Affairs, Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Rassi, Saudi Ambassador to South Africa Sultan Al-Luyhan Al-Anqari, and Director-General of Prince Faisal's office Abdulrahman Al-Daoud. — SPA