The talks were attended also by Minister of State and Member of the Cabinet Dr. Musaed bin Mohammed Al-Aiban (accompanying minister), Foreign Minister Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, Minister of Trade and Investment, who is also the acting Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs Dr. Majed bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi, Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Eng. Abdul Mohsen Al-Fadhli, Saudi Ambassador to the Russian Federation Dr. Raed bin Khalid Qarmali and a host of senior, civil and military, officials. Attending the talks, were also, members of the accompanying Russian delegation, notably, the Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Deputy President of the Presidential Office of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov, Russian Ambassador to the Kingdom Sergey G. Kozlov and the other members of the top level delegation, accompanying the Russian President, during the visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. --SPA 18:27 LOCAL TIME 15:27 GMT 0023 www.spa.gov.sa/w1190711