The leader of the Russian side in the Saudi Russian Joint Committee Serge Agnisian, who is also head of Russia's Federal Agency for Energy, arrived in Riyadh tonight to lead his country's side in the second session of the committee scheduled for Riyadh tomorrow. He was received at King Khalid International Airport by Minister of Finance Dr. Ibrahim Alassaf, who leads the Saudi side in the committee. The Russian delegation comprises a number of government officials and businessmen. Talks between the two sides will deal with aspects of cooperation in various fields, particularly space research, energy, electricity and oil and gas industry in addition to commercial, investment, touristic, transportation, railways, technical, technological and scientific fields between the two countries. On the sidelines of these meetings, the Research Institute of King Abdulaziz City for Sciences and Technology and Russia's Russcosmos Establishment will exchange memoranda of intents set to frame cooperation between the two sides in the fields of peaceful use of space.
