Putin Eager to Meet with Newly-Elected Iranian President Pezeshkian
Tehran, The Gulf Observer: The spokesman for the Russian president has announced that Vladimir Putin is eager to meet with Masoud Pezeshkian, the newly-elected Iranian president, who has been invited by Moscow to attend the upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan.
According to a Russian newspaper, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Iran, as one of the new members of the BRICS group of major emerging economies, has been invited to the summit scheduled for October.
“We hope that the new Iranian president will come to this summit because we will be happy to see him, and Putin is preparing to meet Pezeshkian at the BRICS summit,” Peskov added.
On July 8, the Russian president congratulated Pezeshkian on his election victory. In a subsequent telephone call, the two leaders expressed their readiness to sign a draft of strategic cooperation between Tehran and Moscow on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit.
According to media reports, the Kremlin had previously indicated that Putin and Pezeshkian also discussed ways to boost relations between the two countries, with the Russian president wishing him success in his new responsibilities as the leader of Iran.
