Moscow is in contact with Riyadh on the issue of an attack on a refinery

This was told by the President’s Special Representative for Africa and the Middle East, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Mikhail Bogdanov.

“There are contacts. With our Saudi partners, friends. I think (rely. - RT ) we will be on an objective investigation. Our management confirmed the need for an objective, impartial, serious investigation, ”he told Interfax.

Earlier, the leaders of the European trio in a joint communique said that Iran was behind the attack on the oil facilities of Saudi Arabia. According to them, "there is no other plausible explanation."

On September 14, in Saudi Arabia, drones attacked two refineries of the state-owned company Saudi Aramco. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Tehran of this attack.

The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin said that the agency is collecting data on who may be involved in the attack on oil refineries.