Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah held talks on Sunday in Manama with Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The meeting took place on the sidelines of the ministerial gathering that brings together the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Russian Federation.

The two ministers went over relations between their friendly countries and discussed developments across the region, led by the escalation in Yemen. They also addressed the continuing threats facing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, as well as the work under way to preserve security and stability in the region.

Attending the meeting were Dr. Abdulrahman bin Ibrahim Al-Rassi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Multilateral International Affairs and General Supervisor of the Ministry's Agency for Economic and Development Affairs, and Naif bin Bandar Al-Sudairi, Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the Kingdom of Bahrain.