Saudi Arabia and Russia agree to expand police cooperation.
After his visit to Riyadh, the Russian Interior Minister emphasized that the two countries have agreed to strengthen cooperation between their police forces for the benefit of security and stability.
In an interview with “Russia 1” after the meeting, Vladimir Kolokoltsev said: “We have identified the potential for further cooperation (between the law enforcement agencies of the two countries) and decided to increase and deepen cooperation for the benefit of the security and stability of our countries.” we took.”
According to this minister of the Russian government, in his talks with his Saudi counterpart, the two sides agreed on strengthening cooperation in various fields, including the exchange of information about the movements and financing of terrorists and extremist elements, and decided to partner in the fight against drugs and cybercrimes. they got.
Kolokoltsev stated that Moscow and Riyadh reject the attempts of any foreign agent to impose “Western” morality and firmly adhere to their traditional values.
In his interview with the state television of this country, the Minister of Interior of Russia emphasized that some countries are looking to expel Russia from the international police, “Interpol”, but politicizing international police cooperation is not acceptable.
The Russian Interior Minister said: “Bilateral relations are essential in the fight against drugs. It is not a secret that some countries are putting any kind of pressure to exclude Russia from international police cooperation. I mean Interpol. “We must not allow international police cooperation to become politicized.”
The Russian Interior Minister, who was sanctioned by the West on the pretext of the war in Ukraine, traveled to Riyadh last Tuesday and met and negotiated with his Saudi counterpart there.
Since 2018, America has started to sanction the Russian Interior Minister, who is 62 years old. According to the US Treasury Department, several other Western countries, including Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, New Zealand, and England, have all individually sanctioned Kolokoltsev.
In 2022, the United States refused to issue him a visa to participate in a meeting of senior police officers of UN members, which was strongly criticized by Moscow.
