Russia’s Putin meets Iran’s Pezeshkian amid spiralling Middle East violence
Al Jazeera
Presidents’ meeting comes before expected signing of strategic partnership agreement by the two countries.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has met Iran’s new president as concerns grow over escalating attacks between Israel and Iran along with its network of aligned armed groups.
Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian discussed the situation in the Middle East on the sidelines of a regional meeting in Turkmenistan on Friday, Russian state media reported.
They met before their two countries are expected to sign a strategic partnership agreement.
Pezeshkian said on Friday that he hoped the agreement could be finalised at the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit, which Putin invited him to, in Russia on October 22-24.
During their meeting, Putin told Pezeshkian that Moscow’s and Tehran’s positions on international affairs were often “very close”, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
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