Kremlin Says S-400 Missile Talks with Saudi Arabia on Track

Russian soldiers stand guard near a S-400 missile defense system at a military exhibition in Zhukovsky outside Moscow, on August 13, 2014. KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images

MOSCOW—The Kremlin said on Monday that talks with Saudi Arabia over Moscow supplying Riyadh with advanced S-400 air defense missile systems had gone well so far despite talk of a possible U.S.-Saudi arms deal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Saudi Arabia’s King Salman for talks at the Kremlin last week during which Saudi Arabia said it had signed a memorandum of understanding on the purchase of the S-400s.