“Here we are also continuing a practical dialogue between our specialized organizations for the selection and training of Saudi cosmonauts and the development of a manned space mission,” RIA Novosti Novak quotes.
Novak also said that "there is a proposal to create a working group for the development of hydrogen energy and the development of energy storage technologies."
In April, Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud.