Meeting with President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian

The Russian delegation at the meeting
included Deputy-Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk Overchuk AlexeiDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation , Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office – Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov Peskov DmitryDeputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, Presidential Press Secretary ,
Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov Ushakov YuryAide to the President , and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin.
The two leaders started their
conversation in the presence of their delegations, after which the talks
continued in a face-to-face format, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov
said.
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr
President,
colleagues, friends.
Mr President, I am delighted to have
an opportunity to meet you in person and discuss the matters we have on our
agenda today.
Our relationship with Iran is a priority for us, and it is developing very successfully. We are seeing growth
in trade this year. Although it has not fully recovered from the decline
observed last year, the overall trend is positive.
We are actively cooperating on the international arena, and often share close or even converging assessments of the ongoing developments. I am sure that we will discuss this today as well.
Iran became a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and joined BRICS. I am looking forward to seeing you in Kazan on October 23 and 24 at the BRICS Summit, where we will
also have a bilateral meeting.
Once again, I am very glad to meet
you.
President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian Pezeshkian MasoudPresident of the Islamic Republic of Iran (retranslated): I am also delighted to meet with you
today.
As you have said, our two countries
have been sincere and committed in their efforts to expand their relations, and have been consistently improving their cultural, economic and people-to-people ties.
Considering the will of the Supreme
Leader of the Islamic Revolution, we must ensure that our relations improve and become stronger moving forward. We have many opportunities to achieve this
objective, and it is our duty to assist one another in these efforts. We share similar
visions, and there are many similarities in terms of our respective international
standing.
We also look forward to attending the BRICS Summit, and will do everything needed to approve and sign the documents
on its agenda.
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