PUTIN RECEIVES QATARI FM MOSCOW, NOV 3 (KUNA) -- QATARI FOREIGN MINISTER SHEIKH HAMAD BIN JASSEM BIN JABR AL-THANI HELD A MEETING WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ON FRIDAY AND HANDED HIM A MESSAGE FROM THE AMIR OF QATAR, SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL-THANI.
PUTIN TOLD THE QATARI OFFICIAL, IN THE BEGINING OF THE MEETING, THAT MOSCOW VIEWS CONDITIONS IN THE GULF REGION WITH GREAT CONCERN.
HE ALSO SAID THAT MOSCOW HAS INTEREST IN UPCOMING CONFERENCE OF THE ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC).
SHEIKH HAMAD SAID HIS COUNTRY HAS SPECIAL INTEREST IN PROMOTING THE TIES WITH RUSSIA, ADDING THAT HE AGREED WITH THE RUSSIAN SIDE ON PROMOTING THE BILATERAL TIES. (PICKUP PREVIOUS) AS.RK KUNA 031414 Nov 00NNNN