Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagehr Ghalibaf referred to this meeting by publishing a message on his page on X social platform, saying: "In the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, while pursuing the financial agreement between the two countries and the corridor project, I emphasized the necessity of developing economic relations."
Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, in his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, while expressing his satisfaction with the growing relations between the two countries, called the cooperation with Russia as important in line with the Islamic Republic of Iran's neighbourhood policy.
The BRICS grouping of emerging economies – comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – is due to discuss its possible expansion at a summit in South Africa next month.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the West and Ukraine wished Russians to kill each other though he prevented bloodshed during the mutiny by Wagner group.
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi said in a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin: The Islamic Republic of Iran supports the national sovereignty of Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the West is trying to divide the different ethnical and national groups in Russia in order to disintegrate the country into dozens of pieces.
Speaking via video conference at the "signing of the agreement for the construction of the Rasht-Astara railway" ceremony, the Russian president added: It is very important to connect the ports of Russia with the ports of Iran and the Indian Ocean. The idea backs up twenty years ago and is being implemented today.