welcome back to well the part of me that likes him plenty of middle east expert at the russian international affairs council election just before the break a rare discussing rouhani has remarked but he was clearly not the only leader who who made a splash in media splash the russian president as well tried to crack a joke. about saudi arabia missing the chance to buy russia's air defense systems which according to him could have prevented the latest attack on its oil facilities that jew both from area and throw money but i wonder if it's perhaps a bit too risky to joke at the saudis expense there was and that the kind of people that. they would take lightly somebody sense of humor right but it's again a matter of an interpretation i don't personally see that wouldn't actually crack a joke about saudi arabia quite the opposite he just publicly opened up an opportunity for saudi arabia to you know it was it's in good with russia and they were technical sphere and also we know for sure that talks on. saudi by russia group and including hundreds are to go in so that it will definitely top that among other thing

working well to discuss that i'm now joined by alexi klebnikov middle east expert at the russian international affairs council alexey it's good to see you again thank you for coming over to the phone right now anyone who has been following the ask in the proceedings knows that the previous meeting in february was marred by the tensions between russia and iran the reach now seem to be even more overshadowed by the more pressing disagreements between russia and cherokee how would you describe the state of affairs among these 3 unlikely partners. well i would put it as a marriage of convenience which applies to both relations but here in marriage of convenience a love triangle love hatred and depends on how you look at it if you look at this from by the true times perspective then it's more of a marriage of convenience if you look at that from original perspective in how the 3 countries act in direct in syria than it's more frango. i so you're right recently that the after the platform has started to lose its steam and that russia is now more actively trying to get the arab states involved in managing what essen

well to discuss that i'm now joined by alexi klebnikov the middle east expert at the russian international affairs council alexey it's good to see you again thank you for coming over to the front loaded now anyone who has been following the ask in the proceedings knows that the previous meeting in february was marred by the tensions between russia and iran the reach.

working well to discuss that i'm now joined by alexi klebnikov middle east expert at the russian international affairs council alexey it's good to see you again thank you for coming over the phone writing now anyone who has been following the ask in the proceedings knows that the previous meeting in february was marred by the tensions between russia and iran the reach now seem to be even more overshadowed by the more pressing disagreements between russia and turkey how would you describe the state of affairs among these 3 unlikely partners well i would put it as a marriage of convenience which applies to both relations but here marriage of convenience or.