Putin’s foe Zelensky and friend Assad appear at Arab summit

[ad_1] Saudi Arabia pledged $US400 million ($600 million) in aid to Ukraine earlier this year and has voted in favour of UN resolutions calling on Russia to end its invasion and opposing the annexation Ukrainian territory. But it has resisted US pressure to increase oil production in order to squeeze Russia’s revenues. Assad, a close ally of both Russia and Iran, said he hoped the summit would mark a “new stage of Arab solidarity” that…

"Putin’s foe Zelensky and friend Assad appear at Arab summit"