2024-07-13 21:39:20
is ready to sign a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement with Russia in October at the BRICS summit in Kazan. This was stated by the elected president of the Islamic Republic Masoud Pezeshkian in a telephone conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Day.Az reports with reference to TASS.
“[Подготовка] “The drafting of documents on the agreement on comprehensive cooperation between Iran and Russia has been completed, we are ready to sign it on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia,” the IRNA agency quotes him as saying. “We attach great importance to relations with Russia, our friend and neighbor, and will undoubtedly strengthen these relations,” the politician added.
According to the agency, during the conversation with Putin, Pezeshkian emphasized the importance of cooperation between the two countries in BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and at the sites of international and regional organizations. The president-elect noted that the new government of the Islamic Republic will make every effort to implement the Iranian-Russian agreements reached under President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a plane crash on May 19.
The telephone conversation between the presidents took place on the evening of July 8. As reported by the Kremlin press service, Putin and Pezeshkian expressed satisfaction with the high level of relations between the countries and confirmed their readiness for further work. The head of the Russian state congratulated his Iranian counterpart on his victory in the elections.
According to the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, the new Russian-Iranian agreement will consolidate the comprehensive strategic nature of the partnership between Moscow and Tehran at the state level. As Zakharova noted, since the signing of the Treaty on the Fundamentals of Relations and Principles of Cooperation between the Russian Federation and Iran in December 2001, both international conditions and relations between the two countries have changed, which are now experiencing an unprecedented upswing.
The BRICS group was founded in 2006 by Brazil, Russia, India and China, with South Africa joining in 2011. On January 1, 2024, Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia became full members of the group. This year, Russia is chairing the group. The main event will be the BRICS summit from October 22 to 24 in Kazan.
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