Friday, December 25, 2009

Russia to buy real estate in Jeddah to house its mission to OIC

Moscow, December 23, Interfax - Russia will buy a 3,500 square meter compound in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to house its permanent mission to the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

A relevant government decree was available on the databank of the government regulations on Wednesday.

The decree instructs the Foreign Ministry to purchase the compound and a plot of land of 0.54 hectares for $15 million and submit documents to the Federal Property Management Agency (Rosimushchestvo) for the plot of land to be handed over to the ministry to hold and dispose of.