Saudi Prince Bandar, Putin, arms deal and Syrianote

Russian President Vladimir Putin is said to have played down the importance of a Saudi proposal to reactivate an arms deal with Russia at the end of his meeting with Chief of the Saudi General Intelligence Prince Bandar Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz. The following 434-word report sheds more light on the meeting and tells what about the outcome, notably on what concerns Syria and the arms deal in question. [Partly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 20/32 – August 9, 2013)]