Moscow, Sha'ban 10, 1436, May 28, 2015, SPA -- President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation met at Kremlin Palace on Thursday the Saudi Ambassador to Russia Abdulrahman bin Ibrahim Al-Rassi, who presented his credentials as ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Russian Federation. The Saudi Ambassador conveyed to President Putin the greetings of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud . For his part, the Russian President stressed the importance of developing relations of his country with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which he described as a prominent and leading country in the Middle East. President Putin described his talks with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz which he held earlier as fruitful and expressed his conviction that joint efforts between the two countries could contribute to improve the situation in the Middle East, push the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations forward, promote peace and security in the Arabian Gulf region, and pursue fight against terrorism and extremism. --SPA 00:37 LOCAL TIME 21:37 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w