Putin to meet with Raisi and Erdogan at the summit in Tehran
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Tehran on July 19, where he will attend a trilateral summit with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. The head of the Russian Federation will also hold a number of bilateral meetings, RIA Novosti reports.
Yes, we can confirm this. Indeed, the president's trip to Tehran is being prepared. There will be a meeting of heads of state - guarantors of the Astana process. This, as you know, is a process to promote the Syrian settlement,” Peskov said.
The upcoming visit of Putin was confirmed by the Iranian side. According to the chairman of the economic commission of the Iranian parliament, Mohammadreza Pour-Ebrahimi, the talks will discuss issues of economic development and cooperation, especially relevant after Raisi's recent visit to Moscow.
The day before, on Monday, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
On the threshold of the upcoming Russian-Turkish summit meeting in the near future, the leaders considered a set of issues of mutual interest. Particular attention was paid to the tasks of further intensifying economic cooperation, including measures to improve its legal framework, increase trade volumes and use national currencies in settlements, as well as continue uninterrupted supplies of Russian energy carriers, the Kremlin website says.
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