We Didn't Have Any Relationship At All

We See And Realise That The Political Situation In The United States Is Influenced By Those Who Have Lost The Elections But Refuse To Accept Their Defeat, And Who Continue To Use The Anti-russia Card And Various Allegations Most Actively In The Political Infighting. This Is Why We Are In No Hurry, We Are Ready To Wait, Yet We Strongly Hope That Russian-us Relations Will Become Normal Again Sometime In The Future.

We Should Cooperate Much More Closely In Fighting Terrorism, Which Is A Great Challenge.

Mohammed Bin Salman Is Deputy Crown Prince, But This Is Not So Important. He Is A Very Active Statesman, We Have Really Warm Relations. This Is A Person Who Knows What He Wants And Can Achieve His Goals. At The Same Time I Consider Him To Be A Reliable Partner With Whom One Can Negotiate And Be Sure That Agreements With Him Will Be Implemented.

Russia Will Always Remember The Contribution [of King Fahd] In The Development Of Russian-saudi Relations, Which In Recent Years Were Raised To A Qualitatively Higher Level.

There Is Progress In The Sense That The Prime Minister [shinzō Abe] Has Proposed, Outlined, As It Were, Directions For Movement Toward A Peace Treaty And The Resolution Of Issues Related To Territorial Problems. Now, What Did He Propose? He Proposed Promoting An Environment Of Trust And Cooperation. I Believe It Is Even Hard To Imagine That It Can Be Any Different, That We Can Agree To Sign The Documents That We Are Talking About Without Trusting Each Other Or Without Cooperation. That Is Simply Impossible Even To Imagine.