Iran President Pezeshkian to go to Russia on January 17, ink cooperation cope with Putin

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on January 17 to signal a cooperation deal, Iranian media reported.

“The president will go to Russia on January 17 and the cooperation settlement between the 2 nations will likely be signed throughout the go to,” Tasnim information company reported, quoting Iran’s ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali.

Russia and Iran are each below worldwide sanctions that prohibit commerce, however they’ve solid sturdy ties in varied sectors, together with army cooperation.

Ukraine and its allies in lots of Western capitals have accused Tehran of supplying Moscow with weapons to be used within the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Iran has repeatedly denied the allegations.

On Monday, Russian Deputy Prime Minister for Transport Vitaly Savelyev was in Tehran and met Pezeshkian. The 2 mentioned the development of the Rasht-Astara railway, which runs by way of Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia.

The railway is an element of a bigger venture, the Worldwide North-South Transport Hall, meant to attach India, Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan and different nations.

The 2 presidents final met throughout the BRICS summit in Kazan in October.

Iran and Russia each supported recently-ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad throughout the nation’s civil conflict.

Assad fled Syria earlier this month for Moscow as insurgent forces led by the Sunni Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) entered the capital Damascus after a lightning offensive.