“The treaty is being ready for signature within the close to future,” Foreign Minister Lavrov stated Thursday on the Eurasian Security Summit in Belarus.
He added: “It affirms the dedication of each international locations to nearer protection cooperation and cooperation for the sake of peace and safety within the area and the world.”
His remarks got here as Russian President Vladimir Putin final month authorised a proposal submitted by the nation’s Foreign Ministry to conclude a strategic partnership settlement with Iran.
Last week, President Putin invited Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to go to Russia with a purpose to conclude a complete cooperation settlement.
Putin stated relations between Moscow and Tehran had been a “precedence” for his nation.
Iran and Russia are shut strategic allies and have deepened ties in a wide range of areas over the previous few years, regardless of being beneath heavy Western sanctions.
The two international locations signed a 10-year settlement in 2001 referred to as the Treaty on Principles of Mutual Relations and Cooperation between Iran and Russia. After the expiry of this era, the settlement was prolonged for 2 phrases of 5 years; It is legitimate till 2026.
President Masoud Pezeshkian, who met with President Putin on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 23, stated that relations between Tehran and Moscow are “strategic and really helpful” for either side. .
He stated he hopes the financial, political, scientific, cultural and industrial ties between the 2 international locations will proceed to develop and appears ahead to signing a complete cooperation settlement throughout his subsequent official go to to Moscow. Ta.
He argued that selling cooperation between the 2 international locations would undermine the effectiveness of sanctions and unjust acts imposed on each international locations.
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