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Article: Russia wants to cooperate with Saudi Arabia in Middle East settlement
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- AP Worldstream
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- May 27, 2002
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Dateline: MOSCOW
Russia is ready to cooperate with Saudi Arabia to settle the Middle
East crisis, President Vladimir Putin said in a letter to Saudi King
Fahd on Monday.
"As a co-sponsor of the Middle East peace process, Russia is ready
for further close interaction with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with
the goal of stabilizing the situation and renewing negotiations,"
the letter read, according to the presidential press service.
"The situation remains complicated, and new recurrences of confrontation
are not ruled out," it said. Putin stressed the importance of fulfilling
U.N. resolution 1402, which calls for a cease-fire and the Israeli
withdrawal ...