- Title: Putin shows around Russian military forum to Jordan's King Abdullah II
- Date: 23rd August 2021
- Summary: MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA (AUGUST 23, 2021) (RUSSIAN POOL) VARIOUS OF DELEGATIONS TAKING THEIR SEATS (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING: "Welcome. We are very glad to see you, your Majesty. And of course we hope to exchange opinions on the most serious issues including those that we've been dealing with for many years like the stabilisation of the situation in Syria and the aggravated situation in Afghanistan." (SOUNDBITE) (English) JORDAN'S KING, ABDULLAH II, SAYING: "We look tremendously to the role that you and Russia play in our region as an element of stability with the challenges that we have." DELEGATIONS AT TALKS (SOUNDBITE) (English) JORDAN'S KING, ABDULLAH II, SAYING: "Also we're exploring the possibility of medical cooperation on vaccine production in the near future." VLADIMIR PUTIN LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (English) JORDAN'S KING, ABDULLAH II, SAYING: "We're all watching the unfolding developments in Afghanistan with a great concern but I think we have always fought against the extremist but unfortunately over the past year of the pandemic plus what is happening in Afghanistan I think we have to re-coordinate our role in being able to (CHANGE OF SHOT TO VLADIMIR PUTIN) take the fight back to extremism not only in just our part of the world but for the (UNCLEAR) also." VLADIMIR PUTIN LISTENING RUSSIAN DELEGATION AT MEETING
- Embargoed: 6th September 2021 18:53
- Keywords: Army Games Jordan King Abdullah Kremlin Putin Russia
- Location: MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA
- City: MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Europe,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001ERI3DC7
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- Story Text: Russia's President Vladimir Putin met with Jordan's King Abdullah II on the sidelines of the International military-technical forum "Army-2021" at Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre near Moscow on Monday (August 23).
Speaking to King Abdullah Putin stressed that, despite the coronavirus pandemic, relations between Russia and Jordan were developing steadily.
King Abdullah expressed hope of medical cooperation on vaccine production and thanked Putin for help in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan.
King Abdullah has met Vladimir Putin more than a dozen times since he became monarch in 1999.
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