Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urges further development of relations between Iran and Russia in various fields, saying close cooperation between Tehran and Moscow will serve the two nations' interests.
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"We should make efforts to turn the Caspian [Sea] into the sea of peace and friendship, and a ground for further strengthening of relations, cooperation and friendship among the littoral states," Rouhani said in a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in the Kazakh port city of Aktau on Sunday.
The Iranian and Russian presidents held the meeting on the sidelines of the 5th Caspian Summit where the presidents of the five states bordering the resource-rich Caspian Sea signed a historic convention on the sea's legal status after more than two decades of discussions.
The Caspian Sea convention has been drawn up in 24 articles with the most important highlights being a ban on military presence of all foreign countries in the sea and transit of military consignments belonging to foreign countries.
Addressing the Fifth Caspian Sea Littoral States Summit, President Rouhani said the Caspian Sea is now a model for guaranteeing peace, stability and friendship.
Elsewhere in the meeting, the Iranian president commended Tehran-Moscow cooperation on regional and global developments and said, "Bilateral and multilateral cooperation involving Iran and Russia in different regional and international issues, including in the field of regional security and the fight against Daesh terrorism in Syria, have had positive outcomes in the region."
Rouhani emphasized that Tehran and Moscow must continue cooperation "until the full eradication of terrorism."
Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy over the past seven years, which has claimed the lives of thousands of people.
Iran has been providing military advisory assistance to the Syrian government in its campaign against terrorism. Russia has also been helping Syria in the fight against terrorism with Russian warplanes pounding the positions of terrorists in Syria since September 30, 2015, upon a formal request from Damascus.
