Riyadh, Oct 14, 2019, SPA -- Turki bin Abdullah Al-Shabanah, Minister of Media, signed at King Fahd Cultural Center in Riyadh today a memorandum of media cooperation with Director General of Rossiya Segodnya International News Agency "Sputnik" Dmitry Kiselyov aiming to implement projects designed to develop media coverage as well as objective and professional coverage of various events in political, economic, social, cultural, humanitarian, sports and other domains in order to enhance the strong rapprochement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Russian Federation. The agreement includes establishment of official representation headquarters of the Russia Segodnya International News Agency "Sputnik" in the Kingdom. The signing ceremony comes on the sidelines of the Russian President Vladimir Putin's current state visit to the Kingdom. --SPA 21:22 LOCAL TIME 18:22 GMT 0035 www.spa.gov.sa/w1190793