Russian President Vladimir Putin and his performing Iranian counterpart Mohammad Mokhber met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Kazakh capital Astana on Thursday and pledged to strengthen bilateral relations.
Putin started the assembly by wishing the Iranian individuals a “successful second round of the presidential election,” noting that relations between Moscow and Tehran would proceed to strengthen whatever the ballot outcomes.
The Russian president acknowledged a drop in bilateral commerce in 2023 however hoped that Iran’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), a regional financial cooperation group, would assist deal with the problem.
“The member states of the organization are considering Iran’s application for observer state status at the EAEU. For our part, we support this,” Putin acknowledged.
The Russian president additionally highlighted the rise in tourism between the 2 nations, noting that the variety of vacationers in Iran has elevated by 1 / 4.
“I would also like to point out that our approaches to key international issues are nearly identical. We are united in our desire to create a multipolar world order, adhere to all international law norms, and maintain the central role of the United Nations,” he added.
Mokhber, for his half, emphasised that Iran’s religious chief devised the technique of building very shut, deep relations with Russia and is continually overseeing its implementation.
“The spiritual leader said that our relations with the Russian Federation are so deep and unchangeable that changes in the government do not affect these relations in any way,” Mokhber famous.
The Iranian chief additionally thanked Putin for his condolences on the deaths of the earlier president, Ebrahim Raisi, and several other different officers within the May 19 helicopter crash.
“It is evident that the strategic relations between Iran and Russia interfere with the global dominance equation, and the unilateral system has already become obsolete,” he stated.
On May 19, a helicopter carrying the Iranian president, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian crashed within the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan.
A day later, the pinnacle of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, Pir Hussein Kolivand, declared that every one passengers and crew of the helicopter died within the crash.
Source: www.anews.com.tr