Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi will meet in Turkmenistan on Wednesday, Kremlin has confirmed on Monday.

"Russia is a priority country for Iran to develop relations with," he said. The diplomat added that Iranian-Russian relations have entered a new phase. "Our top priority is the development of relations with neighboring countries," he said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Thursday.

Alireza Peyman-Pak, head of Iran's Trade Promotion Organization, met with the assistant to the Russian President on Thursday to stress Iran's readiness to conclude long-term fruit and vegetable contracts with the Iran-Russia Chamber of Commerce to stabilize and expand exports.

"Chances always exist," Mikhail Ulyanov tweeted.

Behrouz Kamalvandi on the sidelines of a joint meeting between Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak on Wednesday has noted that Iran-Russia relations are very good, especially on the nuclear issue.

Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Rostam Ghasemi, who headed a delegation to Moscow, concluded a comprehensive agreement on rail cooperation between Iran and Russia at the end of his talks with the Russian Minister of Transport.

The Chairman of the Iran-Russia Trade Chamber reported a growth of over 60 percent in exports from Iran to Russia since the beginning of the last Iranian year (starting on March 2021).

During a meeting on Thursday, Kazem Jalali and Igor Margolov called for Iran and Russia's consultation and cooperation as well as constant contact to address the bilateral issues.

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Kazem Jalali said on Thursday that Iran and Russia were in talks to recognize MIR financial system cards.

The talks began on the fifth day of the eighth round of talks in Vienna on Saturday with a meeting between Ali Bagheri, Iran's chief negotiator, and Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's representative.

"Kazem Jalali", Iran's ambassador to Russia, on Friday met with " Leonid Eduardovich Slutsky ", the chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, at the request of the Russian side, to talk about bilateral relations between Iran and Russia, and exchanged views, especially on parliamentary cooperation.

Regarding the results of the visit of President Ebrahim Raisi to Russia, Javad Sadatinejad added, "Good negotiations were held on cereals, and agricultural product's trade, welcomed by both sides."

In his weekly press conference on Tuesday, Ali Bahadori Jahromi said the visit of President Raisi to Russia was in line with the 13th administration's policy of balanced development of international relations with the countries of the world.

Ayatollah Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, returning from a two-day trip to Russia on Friday morning, told reporters about the achievements of the trip: "The issues raised in this trip were in line with the realization of the major goals of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, namely maximum interaction with the countries of the world, especially ...

President Raisi was addressing a group of university and academic figures in Moscow National University on Thursday.

Speaking on Wednesday night in a meeting with a group of Iranians residing in Russia during his visit to the country, Ebrahim Raisi said, "In the report that the Iranian ambassador in Russia and economic actors gave in this meeting, a good pathology has been conducted, but we need to remove these problems."

The full text of President Raisi's speech is as follows: In the name of God, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful His Excellency Mr. Volodin, Honorable Chairman of the State Duma of Russia, Dear representatives,

Ebrahim Raisi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday evening.

In a tweet, Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji referred to his numerous meetings with the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Energy, and senior Russian private sector managers in the field of oil and gas stating that Iran and Russia are two important players in the field of energy in the world.