RDIF Director in Riyadh held a meeting with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), held a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the end of negotiations with the U.S. delegation in Riyadh on February 18.

A photo from the meeting is cited by the prince's press service on his official page in social network X (former Twitter). Details of the conversation are not specified.

In turn, the American TV channel CNN recalls that Dmitriev recently worked closely with the U.S. envoy to the Middle East Steve Whitkoff and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia to secure the release from Russia of American Mark Vogel. Afterward, the release of the American from detention on February 11 was announced by the U.S. President's National Security Advisor Michael Waltz.

Listening and hearing each other. How the meeting with the US delegation ended

Earlier in the day, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said that Dmitriev told U .S. representatives at talks in Riyadh about the losses of American businesses from leaving the Russian market. He pointed out that Dmitriev's explanations sounded very convincing.

Themeeting of the delegations of the Russian Federation and the United States took place in one of the palaces of the royal family in Riyadh earlier on February 18. Moscow was represented by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Ushakov and Dmitriev. On Washington's side, the meeting was attended by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Presidential National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and the U.S. leader's special envoy to the Middle East, Steven Whitkoff.

Dmitriev said that American business has lost more than $300 billion due to the withdrawal from the Russian market and therefore it is important for Washington to establish economic contacts with Moscow. The RDIF CEO emphasized that the Russian market is very attractive, and the restoration of dialog will help solve a large number of global tasks and problems.