Putin meets Iran’s president for the first time: Very good relationship

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Updated on October 11, 2024, 11:21 p.m

Russia has been criticized for using drones and missiles from Iran in its war of aggression against Ukraine. Now Kremlin chief Putin met his new Iranian counterpart in person for the first time.

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Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin emphasized the good relations between Moscow and Tehran at a first personal meeting with Iranian President Massoud Peseschkian. “Relations with Iran are a priority for us and they are developing very well. This year we are seeing a growth in trade volume,” said Putin, according to the Kremlin, in the Turkmen capital Ashgabat, where both presidents also took part in an international forum. The West has imposed sanctions on both countries. So far, the two heads of state have had telephone contact.

Ukraine and the United States accuse Iran of supplying Russia with weapons, including missiles and drones, for its war against Ukraine.

Peseschkian reiterated the potential of cooperation at the international level, as reported by the Iranian news agency Irna. He described the bilateral relations as “cordial and strategic.”

Putin invites Peseschkian to Russia

During the approximately hour-long talks, some of which took place in private, Putin said that Moscow and Tehran shared similar assessments of events in the world at the international level. Putin also invited Peseschkian to visit Russia. In an interview with Russian state television in Ashgabat, Peseschkian condemned Israel’s attacks in the Middle East, in which many civilians die.

The Iranian president is also expected at the Brics summit of emerging industrial nations from October 22nd to 24th in Kazan – the capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan. Another bilateral meeting is planned there, Putin said. Russia is announcing the summit of the group led by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (Brics), which now has ten members, as a world political event.

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At the forum in Ashgabat with numerous heads of state, Putin emphasized that building a new world order – away from US dominance – was irreversible. Even decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Central Asian republic of Turkmenistan on the Caspian Sea is one of the most isolated states in the world.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry in Kiev protested against Putin’s trip and called on the Turkmen leadership to respect the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court in The Hague against the Kremlin chief for alleged war crimes in Ukraine. Putin repeatedly travels to countries where he is not at risk of arrest. Meanwhile, the Kremlin chief received an order from the Turkmen president. (dpa/edited by jst)

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