Lavrov is in Iran
Moscow said last month that Russia and Iran had discussed the exchange of oil and gas supplies, as well as the creation of a logistics hub.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov He left for Iran on June 22. The visit comes amid talks between Iran and world powers aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.
Lavrov is the country’s hard-line president Chief of Ibrahim met with, but the details of the meeting were not disclosed.
Cooperation in the Eurasian region and the Caucasus
Lavrov, an Iranian counterpart of the state news agency IRNA, on June 23 Hussein Amir-Abdullahyanannounces that he will meet with
The talks with Iranian officials will focus on the nuclear deal, as well as strengthening bilateral and energy cooperation, Iranian state media reported.
Earlier this week, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that the purpose of Lavrov’s visit was “to expand cooperation in the Eurasian region and the Caucasus.”
Lavrov is expected to visit Baku on June 23-24.
Logistics pill
Moscow said last month that Russia and Iran had discussed the exchange of oil and gas supplies, as well as the creation of a logistics hub. Both countries are currently under Western sanctions.
Russia has faced sanctions since it attacked Ukraine in late February. Sanctions on Iran were reinstated in 2018 after Washington unilaterally withdrew from the nuclear deal.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharov He said Russian and Iranian diplomats would discuss a number of urgent international issues, including the resumption of the nuclear deal and the situation in Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen.
Negotiations on a nuclear deal between Iran and the United States have stalled since March. The most controversial point is Tehran’s demand that Washington remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from the list of terrorist organizers.